'unevenly-connected' originates from the combination of 'unevenly' and 'connected'. 'Unevenly' comes from 'uneven', which is derived from Old English 'unefen', where 'un-' meant 'not' and 'efen' meant 'even'. 'Connected' comes from Latin 'connectere', where 'con-' meant 'together' and 'nectere' meant 'to bind'.

'unevenly-connected' is a modern English term formed by combining 'unevenly' and 'connected'.

Initially, 'unevenly' meant 'not even or smooth', and 'connected' meant 'joined together'. The combined term 'unevenly-connected' retains these meanings, describing something that is not uniformly joined.