ETYMOLOGY
from Latin aromata or French aromat, as if adapted from Latin aromatosus or French aromateux
EXAMPLE
“…And thenne it hath vertue tascende by the lightnes of the fume and to comforte by his qualite and to conioyne by the gumme and to conferme by that it is aromatous or wel smellyng. And all in lyke wyse i the orison or prayer whiche ascendeth to the mynde of god. It conforteth the soule as to the synne passed in axyng medecyne…”
From: Legenda Aurea/The Golden Legend
By Jacobus de Voragine
Translated by William Caxton, 1483
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