Did The Word "Saiyan" Exist Prior To Dragonball?

[Sovran Nila]

Did Toriyama invent this word, or did the word exist prior to the creation of Dragonball?

 

[Papasmurf]

he invented it

it's literally an anagram of yasai, which means vegetable

 

[Scott]

Can't you just Google this sh

 

[Hector]

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