'land-transported' originates from modern English as a compound of 'land' (Old English 'land') and the past-participle form of 'transport' (from Latin 'transportare'). 'land' meant 'land, ground' and 'transportare' meant 'to carry across'.

'transport' comes from Latin 'transportare' ('trans-' meaning 'across' + 'portare' meaning 'to carry'); it entered English via Old French/Norman French and Middle English as 'transporten'/'transport', and the past participle patterns produced forms like 'transported'. Combining this with 'land' produced the compound adjective/verb phrase 'land-transport(ed)'.

Initially, the Latin root 'transportare' meant 'to carry across' (in general); over time in English compounds like 'land-transport(ed)' the meaning narrowed to specify 'carried across by land' (i.e., moved over land rather than by sea or air).