Where does “女物” come from?

女物 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 物, from Japanese 物言い, from Japanese 物言う — to talk.

女物 (Japanese): women's goods

Definitions

  1. women's goods

Ancestry of “女物”, step by step

女物 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 物

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese物thing; story, genre
2Japanese物言いa way of speaking, wording
3Japanese物言うto talk

via Japanese 女

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese女a woman; a wife; a mistress, concubine
2Middle Chinese女—
Every word from Japanese 物言う →Every word from Japanese 物言い →Every word from Japanese 物 →