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Etymology for diabainein
diabainein
cross over, straddle, to walk with the legs apart
from
dia
apart, between, out of, through
Greek
bainein
Cf acrobat, to go, to step, to walk
Greek
related to
gwā
To go, come
Indo-European
Roots using diabainein
English
diabete
Latin
diabētēs