'travel-packaged' originates from Modern English as a compound of 'travel' + 'package' with the past-participle suffix '-ed'. 'travel' ultimately comes from Old French (Middle English 'travail', 'travailen') originally relating to journeying/toil, and 'package' comes from Middle English 'pakage' from Old French 'paquet' meaning 'bundle'.

'travel' changed from Old French/Middle English forms such as 'travail'/'travailen' into the modern English 'travel'. 'package' evolved from Middle English 'pakage' (from Old French 'paquet') meaning 'bundle'; the compound form 'travel-package' (or 'travel package') later yielded the adjectival past-participle form 'travel-packaged'.

Initially, the components meant 'journey/toil' (travel) and 'bundle' (package); combined and with the '-ed' suffix, the term evolved to mean 'made or prepared as a package for travel', now used to describe items prepared for transportation.