'typhoid-like' originates from the word 'typhoid,' which comes from the Greek word 'typhos,' meaning 'smoke' or 'haze,' combined with the suffix '-oid,' meaning 'resembling.'

'Typhoid' was derived from the Greek word 'typhos' and evolved into the modern English term 'typhoid' to describe the fever. The suffix '-like' was added to form 'typhoid-like.'

Initially, 'typhoid' referred specifically to the fever caused by Salmonella typhi, but 'typhoid-like' now describes symptoms or conditions resembling this fever.