Where does “zine” come from?
Zine is a shortening of English fanzine, which derives from English magazine, from Middle French magasin, from Italian magazzino, from Arabic مَخَازِن (plural of خَزَن, meaning storehouse or treasury).
zine (English): A low-circulation, non-commercial publication of...
Definitions
- A low-circulation, non-commercial publication of...
Ancestry of “zine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fanzine | A magazine, normally produced by amateurs,... |
| 2 | English | Fan | A diminutive of Frances |
| 3 | English | fanatic | Fanatical; Showing evidence of possession by a... |
| 4 | French | fanatique | fanatic, fanatical; fanatic |
| 5 | Latin | fānāticus | temple |
| 6 | Latin | -aticus | Used to form adjectives indicating a relation to... |
| 7 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |