samizdat

The story

1. Russian · borrowed fromсамизда́т“self-publishing”
2. English todaysamizdat

Borrowed from Russian самизда́т (samizdát, “self-publishing”), from сам (sam, “self”) + изда́т (izdát), an abbreviation of изда́тельство (izdátelʹstvo, “publishing house, publishing”) (compare Russian Госизда́т (Gosizdát, “State Publisher”)).

First known use, by meaning

• from 1950s. The secret copying and sharing of illegal publications, chiefly in the Soviet Union; underground publishing and its publications.