Where does “kimono” come from?

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

kimono (Sicilian): Alternative form of chimonu

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of chimonu

Ancestry of “kimono”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sicilianchimonukimono
2Japanese着物a kimono
3Japanese物thing; story, genre
4Japanese物言いa way of speaking, wording
5Japanese物言うto talk
Every word from Japanese 物言う →Every word from Japanese 物言い →Every word from Japanese 物 →