'sea-shipped' originates from English, specifically the words 'sea' and 'ship', where 'sea' originally meant 'large body of salt water' and 'ship' meant 'vessel'.

'sea-shipped' was formed by compounding 'sea' (Old English 'sǣ') and 'ship' (Old English 'scip') and adding the past-participle suffix '-ed' to indicate that goods were carried by ship; both 'sǣ' and 'scip' come from Proto-Germanic roots.

Initially the components referred simply to 'sea' and 'vessel', and the compound evolved to mean 'sent or carried by ship'; this sense remains the same in modern usage.