Where does “machicolatus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “machicolatus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmachicoller—
2Old Occitanmachacol—
3Old Occitanmacarto crush

Words derived from “machicolatus”

Every word from Old Occitan macar →Every word from Old Occitan machacol →Every word from Old French machicoller →