English

hellspawn

From hell + spawn.

Formed from hell + spawn

Proto-Germanic *haljō ‘hell’

Proto-West Germanic *hallju ‘the netherworld’

Old English hel

Middle English hel

English hell

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to spread out’

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Latin expandō ‘stretch out’

Old French espandre

Anglo-Norman espaundre

Middle English spawnen

English spawn

Today it means

noun A creature or creatures from hell.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hellspawn