Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “machicolate” come from?

machicolate (English) comes from Medieval Latin machicolatus, from Old French machicoller, from Old Occitan machacol, from Old Occitan macar — to crush.

machicolate (English): To furnish with machicolations

Definitions

  1. To furnish with machicolations

Ancestry of “machicolate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinmachicolatus—
2Old Frenchmachicoller—
3Old Occitanmachacol—
4Old Occitanmacarto crush
Every word from Old Occitan macar →