Where does “まがいもの” come from?

まがいもの (Japanese) comes from Japanese もの, from Japanese 物, from Japanese 物言い, from Japanese 物言う — to talk.

まがいもの (Japanese): imitation; fake; sham

Definitions

  1. imitation; fake; sham

Ancestry of “まがいもの”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseもの—
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 →