'server-based' originates from the combination of 'server' and 'based', where 'server' refers to a computer or program that manages access to a centralized resource or service in a network, and 'based' indicates reliance or foundation.

'server' evolved from the Latin word 'servire', meaning 'to serve', and 'based' comes from the Old French 'base', meaning 'foundation'.

Initially, 'server-based' referred to systems reliant on a central server, and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.