'suddenly-captured' originates from the combination of 'suddenly' and 'captured', where 'suddenly' comes from Middle English 'sodein', meaning 'unexpected', and 'captured' from Latin 'captura', meaning 'a taking'.

'suddenly' changed from the Middle English word 'sodein' and 'captured' from the Latin word 'captura', eventually forming the modern English compound adjective 'suddenly-captured'.

Initially, 'suddenly' meant 'unexpectedly', and 'captured' meant 'taken', and together they describe something taken unexpectedly.