Where does “jiu-jitsu” come from?

jiu-jitsu (French) comes from Japanese 柔術 — jujutsu.

Ancestry of “jiu-jitsu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese柔術jujutsu

Words derived from “jiu-jitsu

Every word from Japanese 柔術
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