食べ物
たべもの · tabemono · JLPT N5 · noun
food
🍱 食べ物 = eat (食べ) + thing (物): an eat-thing is food
食べ comes from the verb 食べる (taberu, to eat) and 物 (mono) means thing. The same pattern gives 飲み物 (nomimono) = drink-thing, a beverage, so learning one unlocks the other.