'strip-like' originates from English, formed by the noun/adjective base 'strip' and the suffix '-like,' where 'strip' meant 'a long, narrow piece' and '-like' meant 'resembling' or 'having the qualities of.'

'strip' (noun) developed in Middle and Early Modern English under influence of related forms (compare 'stripe'), and the productive suffix '-like' comes from Old English '-līc,' later Modern English '-like,' yielding transparent compounds such as 'childlike' and 'bird-like'; these patterns produced the modern compound 'strip-like.'

Initially, the elements meant ‘strip’ (a narrow piece) + ‘-like’ (resembling); the compound has consistently meant ‘resembling a narrow strip,’ with little semantic shift.