[1815–25; mis-1 + copy]This word is first recorded in the period 1815–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: aesthetic, coupon, diorama, pullout, welterweightmis- is a prefix applied to various parts of speech, meaning “ill,” “mistaken,” “wrong,”“wrongly,” “incorrectly,” or simply negating. Other words that use the affix mis- include: misprint, mistrial, mistrust