köken: From New Latin diabetes mellitus, from Ancient Greek διαβαίνω (diabaínō, “to pass through”), via the agent noun διαβήτης (diabḗtēs, “passing through”). This refers to the excessive amounts of urine produced by sufferers.
pair of compasses (usually called a compass; an instrument used to draw circles) · diabetes, diabetes mellitus
çekim: çoğul διαβήτες · tamlayan διαβήτη
köken: For the instrument, learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διαβήτης (diabḗtēs) from διαβαίνω (diabaínō, “walk, pass through”). For medicine, learned borrowing from Koine Greek sense.
köken: Sanskritic formation from मधु (madhu, “honey, sweet”) + मेह (meh, “urine”), referring to the high sugar content of the urine of diabetes patients.
diabetes (diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin)
köken: Formed by applying the root קַטֶּלֶת to סֻכָּר (sukár, “sugar”), while keeping the first vowel.