English word hell comes from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-, and later Proto-Germanic *helaną (To hide, to conceal.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *ḱer- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| *helaną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | To hide, to conceal. |
| *haljō | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | The netherworld, the underworld, hell. |
| hell | Old English (ang) | Hell. |
| helle | Middle English (enm) | |
| hell | English (en) | (countable) A place for gambling.. (countable, hyperbole) A place or situation of great suffering in life.. (obsolete) A place into which a tailor throws his shreds, or a printer his broken type.. An extremely hot place.. In certain games of chase, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention.. Used as an intensifier in phrases grammatically requiring a noun (impolite, [...] |