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mangonel

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man⋅go⋅nel

  [mang-guh-nel]
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–noun
(formerly) any of various military engines for throwing large stones, darts, and other missiles.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < OF (dim.), deriv. of LL manganum < Gk mánganon engine of war
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man·go·nel   (māng'gə-něl')   
n.  A military engine used during the Middle Ages for hurling stones and other missiles.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin mangonellus, diminutive of Late Latin manganum, catapult, from Greek manganon, war machine.]
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Word Origin & History

mangonel 
"military engine for hurling stones," 1297, from O.Fr., dim. of M.L. mangonum, from V.L. *manganum "machine," from Gk. manganon "any means of tricking or bewitching," from PIE *mang- "to embellish, dress, trim" (cf. O.Pruss. manga "whore," M.Ir. meng "craft, deception"). Attested from c.1194 in Anglo-L.
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