Where does “財物” come from?

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

財物 (Japanese): property; valuables

Definitions

  1. property; valuables

Ancestry of “財物”, step by step

財物 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 財

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese財treasure
2Middle Chinese財wealth
Every word from Japanese 物言う →Every word from Japanese 物言い →Every word from Japanese 物 →