Word origin
[1960–65; perh.
p(h)e(
nyl) + (
i)
m(
ino)- + (
oxaz)
ol(id)ine, components of its chemical name
]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Pap test, bicycle kick, parvovirus, power play, tag question