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