The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδιουρέω“to urinate”
- New Latin · derived fromdiūrēsis
- English todaydiuresis
From New Latin diūrēsis, from Ancient Greek διουρέω (diouréō, “to urinate”) + -σις (-sis). Morphologically, δῐουρέω (dĭouréō) can be analysed as δι- (di-) + οὐρέω (ouréō).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.