Where does “fujoshi” come from?

fujoshi (English) comes from Japanese 腐女子, from Japanese 女子, from Japanese 子, from Japanese 鼠, from Japanese nezumi.

fujoshi (English): A female fan of yaoi

Definitions

  1. A female fan of yaoi

Ancestry of “fujoshi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese腐女子A girl/woman who likes homosexual male...
2Japanese女子girl; woman; wife and child; wife
3Japanese子a child; a girl, especially a dear or desired...
4Japanese鼠a mouse or a rat; general term for members of...
5Japanesenezumi—

Words derived from “fujoshi”

Every word from Japanese nezumi →Every word from Japanese 鼠 →Every word from Japanese 子 →