'proactively-positioned' originates from the combination of 'proactive' and 'positioned'. 'Proactive' comes from Latin, specifically the word 'proactivus', where 'pro-' meant 'before' and 'activus' meant 'active'.

'proactively-positioned' evolved from the need to describe entities that are not just positioned but are done so with foresight and anticipation.

Initially, it meant 'placed with foresight', and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.