Word origin
[1900–05; ‹ Japn, equiv. to
ike(
y) to make live, causative of
ik- live (‹ *
ika-i) +
-bana comb. form of
hana flower (earlier
fana ‹ *
pana)
]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: burnout, cathode-ray tube, desensitize, geopolitics, hookup