'anchorlike' is formed in English by combining 'anchor' and the suffix '-like', where 'anchor' refers to a heavy object used to moor a vessel and '-like' means 'resembling or similar to'.

'Anchorlike' was created in modern English by compounding the noun 'anchor' with the adjective-forming suffix '-like', resulting in a word meaning 'resembling an anchor'.

Initially, it meant 'resembling an anchor', and this meaning has remained unchanged in modern usage.