English
slitlike
From slit + -like.
A compound of slit + -like
Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyd- ‘to tear, rend (cut apart), split apart’
Proto-Germanic *slītaną ‘to tear apart’
Old English slītan ‘to tear, rend’
Middle English slitten
English slit
Today it means
adj Resembling a slit.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / slitlike