'recently-sent' originates from the combination of 'recently' and 'sent', where 'recently' is derived from the Latin word 'recens', meaning 'new' or 'fresh', and 'sent' is the past participle of 'send', from Old English 'sendan'.

'recently' evolved from the Latin 'recens' through Old French 'recent', and 'sent' from Old English 'sendan', eventually forming the modern English compound 'recently-sent'.

Initially, 'recently' meant 'newly' or 'freshly', and 'sent' meant 'dispatched'. Together, they convey the idea of something dispatched in the near past.