Where does “yaocho” come from?
yaocho (English) comes from Japanese 八百長, from Japanese ^やおちょう, from Japanese やおや — 八百屋 greengrocer.
yaocho (English): match fixing in Japan
Ancestry of “yaocho”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 八百長 | match fixing; collusion to pre-determine the... |
| 2 | Japanese | ^やおちょう | — |
| 3 | Japanese | やおや | 八百屋 greengrocer |