Word Origin & History
mimeograph"copying machine," 1889 (invented by Edison), from Gk. mimeomai "I imitate," from mimos "mime" + -graphos, from graphein "to write." A proprietary name from 1903 to 1948. The verb meaning "to reproduce by means of a mimeograph" is first attested 1895. Related: Mimeographed; mimeographing.