Where does “yakuza” come from?

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

yakuza (Polish): yakuza Japanese organized crime gang

Definitions

  1. yakuza Japanese organized crime gang

Ancestry of “yakuza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishyakuzaA Japanese organized crime gang; A member of a...
2Japaneseやくざsomething that is worthless or useless; yakuza:...
3Japanese九nine; ninth; the ninth
4Old Japanese九—
Every word from Old Japanese 九 →Every word from Japanese 九 →Every word from Japanese やくざ →