Question: How does the word diabetes get its name? 

Answer: I think you meant to say "How did the disease diabetes get its name?" but no matter.  I believe the name diabetes comes from the Greek word diabainen, which means to pass through (that could be like a siphon).  Hipprocrates coined the name because of the diabetic characteristic of excessive excretion of urine.
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