The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδιαβαίνω“to pass through”
- English todaydiabatic
From Ancient Greek διαβαίνω (diabaínō, “to pass through”). Doublet of diabetic.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekδιαβαίνω all →
diabetes
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.