machicolate

The story

1. Old Occitan · derived frommachacol
2. Old French · derived frommachicoller
3. Medieval Latin · derived frommachicolātus
4. English todaymachicolate

From Medieval Latin machicolātus, perfect participle of machicolāre, from Old French machicoller, from machicolleis (“machicolation”), from Old Occitan machacol, from macar (“to crush”) + col (“neck”).