English
kitelike
From kite + -like.
Formed from kite + -like
Proto-West Germanic *kūt ‘bird of prey’
Proto-West Germanic *kūtijō ‘kite (bird)’
Old English cȳta
Middle English kyte ‘a kite endemic to Europe, especially the red…’
English kite
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of a kite (toy carried on the wind).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / kitelike