Where does “yakuza” come from?

yakuza (English) comes from Japanese やくざ, from Japanese 九, from Old Japanese 九.

yakuza (English): A Japanese organized crime gang; A member of a...

Definitions

  1. A Japanese organized crime gang; A member of a...

Ancestry of “yakuza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseやくざsomething that is worthless or useless; yakuza:...
2Japanese九nine; ninth; the ninth
3Old Japanese九—

Words derived from “yakuza”

Every word from Old Japanese 九 →Every word from Japanese 九 →Every word from Japanese やくざ →