What does word 'Aikido' mean?

Ai-Ki-Dou

Some people translate the word 'Aikido' as 'Way of Love and Harmony' because Ai means Love in Japanese. But it is important to know how the word is written to correctly translate it from the Japanese language. The word 'Aikido' consists of three charterers 合 (Ai), 気 (Ki), and 道 (Dou).

合 (Ai) is conjunction, synthesis, meeting, harmony, unifying. (The word Love is written using totally different character 愛);
気 (Ki) means spirit, mind, intention;
道 (Dou) is way, path.

So Aikido can be translated as the 'Way of Harmony of Minds'. It is difficult to choose one and only correct way to translate this word, because in Japanese all versatility of meanings combined in one character. Therefore everyone can interpret it slightly differently, but in all cases it will be something about unification of actual or spiritual movements or intentions.