Provenance
Where it comes from.
Aroma reaches English in the early 13th century from Latin aroma, “sweet odor,” which in turn came from Greek aroma, originally “seasoning, a spice or sweet herb.” The word began by naming fragrant substances and only later, around 1814, settled into its modern sense of an agreeable smell.
Kitchen entered English around 1200 from Old English cycene, borrowed through Vulgar Latin cocina from Latin coquina and ultimately from coquere, “to cook.” It shares that root with cook, cuisine, and culinary, so the two halves of the name meet on common ground: the space and the scent of cooking.