How the Term Aikido Was Born and Why

The average aikidoka is convinced that the word “Aikido” was created by Morihei Ueshiba or by the Aikikai Foundation to designate the set of techniques codified by the founder himself. However, there is a direct testimony that seems to unequivocally demonstrate that things happened differently: the students of the Ueshiba-Ryu would have rather “appropriated” - thanks to the success of their style - a word that had been coined specifically to act as an umbrella for a variety of different styles with common origins. This fact sheds new and interesting light on how even today we should approach the world of Aikido.
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A few comments on the article as a student of Korindo Aikido who found interest in the history of this martial art:
A. Hirai moved to Tokyo and to work for Ueshiba after having his own dojo.
B. I have not seen Hirai referring to himself as a student of Ueshiba (this doesn't say he didn't learn anything from Ueshiba).
C. The message I got in Korindo was that Hirai moved to the Dai-Nippon-Butokukai in order to become new "section head", and the naming happened after - Hirai was not a representative of Ueshiba.