'antimetabole-like' originates from English, specifically formed from 'antimetabole' (itself from Greek elements) plus the English suffix '-like' where '-like' meant 'having the form of or resembling'.

'antimetabole' comes from Greek anti- 'against' + metabole 'a turning' (Greek: μεταβoλή), entered rhetorical vocabulary via Latin and later English; the modern English compound 'antimetabole-like' is created by combining that noun with the productive English suffix '-like'.

Initially, 'antimetabole' referred specifically to the rhetorical device of reversed repetition; over time, adding '-like' produced an adjective meaning 'resembling or characteristic of that device', i.e., 'antimetabole-like'.