OCHRE is a " ‘type of clayey soil (much used in pigments),’ from Old French ocre, from Latin ochra , from Greek ochra , from ochros ‘pale yellow,’ of unknown origin.” To this definition from Dictionary.Com/Random House we can add “from the Semitic root of soil and agriculture words. The most well-known of several Semitic "soil" and "field" words is Hebrew איכר EeKahR, farmer. Gee, do you think the brownish-yellow, soil-like color of OCHRE might be a factor? [Link by Regina W.] Archived posts, Edenics searches + web games: http://www.edenics.net/ Edenics DVDs, new ed. of book: THE ORIGIN OF SPEECHES (April). Edenic (Biblical Hebrew) as the original, pre-Babel human language program see our many resources at http://www.edenics.org/ incl. videos in English, Spn., Fr. or Ger. youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glWG3coAtEg&feature=related |