'diabetes-inducing' originates from Modern English, formed by combining the noun 'diabetes' and the present participle 'inducing' (from 'induce'). 'Diabetes' originates from Greek 'diabētēs', where the prefix 'dia-' meant 'through' and the root 'bainō' meant 'to go'; 'induce' originates from Latin 'inducere', where 'in-' meant 'into' and 'ducere' meant 'to lead.'

'diabetes' passed from Greek 'diabētēs' into Medieval Latin as 'diabetes' and then into Middle English as 'diabetes'. 'Induce' came into English via Old French 'induire' from Latin 'inducere'. The compound adjective 'diabetes-inducing' is a modern English formation combining the disease name with a causative participle.

Initially, Greek 'diabētēs' conveyed the idea of 'a passing through' (referring to excessive discharge) and Latin 'inducere' meant 'to lead into'; over time 'diabetes' became the established name of the metabolic disease, while 'induce' retained the sense 'to cause or bring about', yielding the modern sense 'causing diabetes' and, figuratively, 'extremely sweet or unhealthy.'