'slipper-like' originates from English, composed of the noun 'slipper' and the suffix '-like', where 'slipper' (from Middle English 'sliper') meant 'a light shoe' and the suffix '-like' (from Old English '-līc') meant 'having the body or form of, similar to'.

'slipper' changed from Middle English 'sliper' (itself from verb-related Old English roots tied to 'slip'), while the suffix '-like' derives from Old English '-līc'; the compound 'slipper-like' is a straightforward modern English combination of these elements.

Initially, 'slipper' referred specifically to a light, easy shoe and '-like' meant 'similar to'; combined, they have the expected modern meaning of 'resembling a slipper', with little semantic shift beyond combination.