mangonel

[mang-guh-nel] /ˈmæŋ gəˌnɛl/
noun
1.
(formerly) any of various military engines for throwing large stones, darts, and other missiles.
Origin
1250-1300; Middle English < Old French (diminutive), derivative of Late Latin manganum < Greek mánganon engine of war
British Dictionary definitions for mangonel

mangonel

/ˈmæŋɡəˌnɛl/
noun
1.
(history) a war engine for hurling stones
Word Origin
C13: via Old French from Medieval Latin manganellus, ultimately from Greek manganon
Word Origin and History for mangonel
n.

"military engine for hurling stones," mid-13c., from Old French mangonel "catapult, war engine for throwing stones, etc." (Modern French mangonneau), diminutive of Medieval Latin mangonum, from Vulgar Latin *manganum "machine," from Greek manganon "any means of tricking or bewitching," from PIE *mang- "to embellish, dress, trim" (cf. Old Prussian manga "whore," Middle Irish meng "craft, deception"). Attested from c.1200 in Anglo-Latin.