'foot-like' originates from the English word 'foot' combined with the suffix '-like', where 'foot' refers to the lower extremity of the leg and '-like' means 'resembling or similar to'.

'foot' changed from Old English word 'fōt' and eventually became the modern English word 'foot'.

Initially, 'foot' meant 'the lower extremity of the leg', and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.