'scope-limitedness' originates from English, specifically the words 'scope' and 'limitedness', where 'scope' originally meant 'range' or 'aim' and 'limitedness' is derived from 'limited' + the nominalizing suffix '-ness' meaning 'the state of being limited'.

'scope' traces back through Middle English to Latin/Greek roots (Greek 'skopos' meaning 'aim, watcher', via Latin 'scopus'), while 'limit' derives from Latin 'limes' meaning 'boundary' and developed into English 'limit' and then 'limited'; the suffix '-ness' comes from Old English '-nes(s)' used to form nouns. These elements combined in modern English to form the compound 'scope-limitedness'.

Initially the component words referred separately to 'range/aim' and 'the state of being bounded'; over time the compound came to be used to denote specifically 'the condition of having a restricted or narrow range' in contexts like research, analysis, or planning.