English
Helltown
From hell + town.
Proto-Germanic *haljō ‘hell’
Proto-West Germanic *hallju ‘the netherworld’
Old English hel
Middle English hel
English hell
Proto-Celtic *dūnom ‘stronghold, rampart’
Proto-Germanic *tūną ‘fence, enclosure’
Proto-West Germanic *tūn ‘fence’
Old English tūn ‘an enclosed piece of ground’
Middle English toun ‘a town or city’
English town
Today it means
name Any town or city, being compared to or described as hell.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Helltown