'script-like' originates from English, specifically the word 'script' plus the suffix '-like', where 'script' ultimately comes from Latin 'scriptum' (from 'scribere' meaning 'to write') and the suffix '-like' (from Old English 'lic') meant 'having the form of' or 'similar to'.

'script' passed into English via Old French (e.g. 'escrit') and Middle English forms (e.g. 'scripte', 'script'), while the adjective-forming suffix '-like' comes from Old English 'lic' (meaning 'body' or 'form') and developed into a productive suffix creating comparatives of resemblance, producing the compound 'script-like' in modern English.

Initially, components referred simply to 'writing' ('script') and 'form/similarity' ('-like'); over time their combination came to mean 'resembling a script' in either textual/handwritten appearance or dramatic/structured style, which is the current meaning of 'script-like'.