'boot-like' originates from the English word 'boot' combined with the suffix '-like', where 'boot' refers to a type of footwear and '-like' means 'resembling or similar to'.

'boot' changed from the Old French word 'bote' and eventually became the modern English word 'boot'.

Initially, 'boot' referred to a type of footwear, and the addition of '-like' evolved to mean 'resembling a boot'.