'soil-like' originates from the English word 'soil' combined with the suffix '-like', where 'soil' meant 'the upper layer of earth in which plants grow' and '-like' meant 'resembling or similar to'.

'soil' changed from the Old French word 'sol', and eventually became the modern English word 'soil'.

Initially, 'soil' meant 'ground or earth', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'the upper layer of earth in which plants grow'.