'angellike' is formed in English from the noun 'angel' and the suffix '-like', where 'angel' refers to a spiritual being and '-like' means 'similar to'.

'angellike' was created in modern English by combining 'angel' (from Old English 'engel', from Latin 'angelus', from Greek 'angelos' meaning 'messenger') with the suffix '-like' (from Old English '-līc', meaning 'having the form of').

Initially, it meant 'having the qualities of an angel', and this meaning has remained consistent in modern usage.