English
looplike
From loop + -like.
Formed from loop + -like
Proto-Indo-European *klewb- ‘to spring’
Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną ‘to leap, run’
Old Norse hlaupa ‘to leap’
Old Norse hlaup ‘a run’
Middle English loupe ‘noose, loop’
English loop
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of a loop.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / looplike