Where does “yakuza” come from?

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

yakuza (French): yakuza Japanese organized crime gang

Definitions

  1. yakuza Japanese organized crime gang

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