'shallowly-assessed' originates from the combination of 'shallowly,' an adverb form of 'shallow,' and 'assessed,' the past participle of 'assess.'

'shallowly' comes from the Old English 'sceald,' meaning 'not deep,' and 'assess' from the Latin 'assessus,' meaning 'to sit by or beside.'

Initially, 'shallow' meant 'not deep,' and 'assess' meant 'to sit beside for evaluation.' Over time, 'shallowly-assessed' evolved to mean 'evaluated superficially.'