'ochre-like' originates from English, specifically from the combination of the noun 'ochre' and the suffix '-like', where 'ochre' originally referred to a pale yellow earth pigment and '-like' meant 'similar to'.

'ochre' changed from Old French 'ocre' and Middle English 'okere' and eventually became the modern English 'ochre'. The suffix '-like' comes from Old English 'līc' ('body, form') and was later used as a productive adjective-forming element meaning 'similar to'.

Initially, 'ochre' meant 'pale yellow' (the natural earth pigment); over time it came to denote a yellowish-brown pigment/color, and combined as 'ochre-like' it has the current meaning 'resembling the color of ochre'.