Where does “kimono” come from?

kimono (Indonesian) comes from Japanese 着物, from Japanese 物, from Japanese 物言い, from Japanese 物言う — to talk.

kimono (Indonesian): kimono; bathrobe

Definitions

  1. kimono; bathrobe

Ancestry of “kimono”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese着物a kimono
2Japanese物thing; story, genre
3Japanese物言いa way of speaking, wording
4Japanese物言うto talk
Every word from Japanese 物言う →Every word from Japanese 物言い →Every word from Japanese 物 →