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διά

diá

“through, across”

28 words in English grow from this root.

Devil

Faith
διάdiá

“one who throws accusations across”

Diabetes

Medicine
διάdiá

“a passing through”

Diadem

Politics
διάdiá

“a binding round”

Diagnosis

Medicine
διάdiá

“knowing thoroughly”

Diagnostic

Medicine
διάdiá

“able to tell apart”

Diagonal

Number
διάdiá

“through the angles”

Diagram

Number
διάdiá

“marked out by lines”

Dialect

Words
διάdiá

“talking across”

Dialectic

Philosophy
διάdiá

“the art of talking through”

Dialogue

Philosophy
διάdiá

“words between”

Dialysis

Medicine
διάdiá

“a loosening apart”

Diameter

Number
διάdiá

“measure across”

Diapason

Art
διάdiá

“through all the strings”

Diaphragm

Medicine
διάdiá

“a partition across”

Diarrhea

Medicine
διάdiá

“a flowing through”

Diaspora

Politics
διάdiá

“a scattering across”

Diaspore

Earth
διάdiá

“scattering apart”

Diastase

Science
διάdiá

“a standing apart”

Diastole

Medicine
διάdiá

“a drawing apart”

Diathermy

Medicine
διάdiá

“heating through”

Diatom

Nature
διάdiá

“cut in two”

Diatonic

Art
διάdiá

“through the tones”

Diatribe

Words
διάdiá

“a wearing away of time”

Diocese

Faith
διάdiá

“thorough housekeeping”

Diorama

Art
διάdiá

“seeing through”

Diuresis

Medicine
διάdiá

“urinating through”

Diuretic

Medicine
διάdiá

“passing water through”

Hendiadys

Words
ἕνhén

“one through two”