English
steamlike
From steam + -like.
Formed from steam + -like
Proto-Germanic *staubaz ‘dust’
Proto-Germanic *staumaz ‘steam, vapour’
Old English stēam ‘steam’
Middle English steem
English steam
Today it means
adj Resembling steam or some aspect of it.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / steamlike