Where does “야쿠자” come from?

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

야쿠자 (Korean): yakuza

Definitions

  1. yakuza

Ancestry of “야쿠자”, 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 →