Diabetic
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mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek, literally ‘siphon’, from diabainein ‘go through’; mellitus is from Latin mellitus ‘sweet’.
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diabetic (adj.)
1715, "of or pertaining to diabetes;" see diabetes + -ic. From 1840 as a noun, "one suffering from diabetes." Related: Diabetical (c. 1600).