Where does “同人雑誌” come from?

同人雑誌 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 雑誌, from Japanese 雑, from Middle Chinese 雜.

同人雑誌 (Japanese): indie self-published booklet; fan magazine; fanzine

Definitions

  1. indie self-published booklet; fan magazine; fanzine

Ancestry of “同人雑誌”, step by step

同人雑誌 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 雑誌

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese雑誌a journal
2Japanese雑miscellany
3Middle Chinese雜—

via Japanese 同人

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese同人the same person; that person, the same person as...
2Middle Chinese同人—
Every word from Middle Chinese 雜 →Every word from Japanese 雑 →Every word from Japanese 雑誌 →