Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Peter Simmonds (1814–1897), newsagent and journalist. From classical Latin mari-, mare sea + -graph, probably after French maréographemareograph.
Definition of marigraph in US English:
marigraph
noun
rare
= mareograph.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Peter Simmonds (1814–1897), newsagent and journalist. From classical Latin mari-, mare sea + -graph, probably after French maréographe mareograph.