Etymograph

English

fleecelike

From fleece + -like.

Formed from fleece + -like

Proto-Indo-European *plews- ‘to pull out, pluck’

Proto-Germanic *fleusaz

Proto-West Germanic *fleus

Old English flēos

Middle English fles ‘a sheepskin or fleece’

English fleece

Today it means

adj Resembling or characteristic of fleece.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fleecelike