'daisy-like' originates from English, specifically the noun 'daisy' combined with the adjectival suffix '-like'; 'daisy' itself comes from Old English 'dægeseage' meaning 'day's eye' and the element '-like' derives from Old English '-līc' meaning 'form' or 'having the nature of'.

'daisy' changed from Old English 'dægeseage' (literally 'day's eye') through Middle English forms such as 'dayeseye' and later became the modern English 'daisy'; the suffix '-like' comes from Old English '-līc' and developed into the modern productive adjective-forming suffix '-like', producing compounds such as 'daisy-like'.

Initially 'dægeseage' referred specifically to the flower ('day's eye'); over time, combining that noun with '-like' produced the modern adjectival sense of 'resembling a daisy' embodied in 'daisy-like'.