aroma
/əˈəʊmə/ur-OH-muh
/ɚˈoʊmə/ur-OH-muh
Meaninga spice
Common meaning: a pleasant smell
- aroma spice, sweet herbLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 122 · scan
- aLatin plural ending: things to be
Journey through time
- Greekἄρωμα‘a spice, sweet herb’
- Latinaroma
- Englisharoma‘a pleasant smell’ · today
arom also in: aromatic
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Greek ἄρωμα ‘a spice, sweet herb’.
Roots
- ἄρωμα Greek “a spice, sweet herb”
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