'woodblock-printed' originates from English, formed as a compound of the noun 'woodblock' and the past participle of the verb 'print'; 'woodblock' comes from 'wood' + 'block' meaning a carved piece of wood used as a printing block, and 'print' (via Old French and Latin) meant 'to press or impress an image.'

'woodblock' developed from the Old English elements 'wudu' (wood) and 'blocc' (block); 'print' comes via Old French (e.g. 'empreindre') from Latin roots related to pressing. The noun phrase 'woodblock print' described prints made by carved wooden blocks and later formed the adjectival past-participial compound 'woodblock-printed' to describe objects produced by that method.

Initially it described the action or process of pressing an image (from roots meaning 'to press'); over time it specifically referred to images or items produced by the woodblock printing technique and remains used to denote objects printed from carved wooden blocks.