Where does “やくざ” come from?

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

やくざ (Japanese): something that is worthless or useless; yakuza:...

Definitions

  1. something that is worthless or useless; yakuza:...

Ancestry of “やくざ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese九nine; ninth; the ninth
2Old Japanese九—

Words derived from “やくざ”

Every word from Old Japanese 九 →Every word from Japanese 九 →