Where does “必需品” come from?

必需品 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 品, from Middle Chinese 品.

必需品 (Japanese): necessaries, a necessary item, necessity,...

Definitions

  1. necessaries, a necessary item, necessity,...

Ancestry of “必需品”, step by step

必需品 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 品

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese品article, goods; stock; quality
2Middle Chinese品—

via Japanese 必需

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese必需need, necessity, requirement, essentialness,...
2Chinese必需to need; to require; essential; indispensable
Every word from Middle Chinese 品 →Every word from Japanese 品 →