The idea that King was a Republican is built on a historical sleight of hand. King's father, the Rev. Martin Luther Daddy King Sr., was a Republican. But so were many blacks in the early to mid-20th century. Then the Republican Party was the party of Abraham Lincoln, the Great Liberator.
Dia-: Prefix meaning through, throughout, or completely, as in diachronic (over a period of time), diagnosis (to completely define the nature of a disease), and dialysis (cleansing the blood by passing it through a special machine).
Other words with the Greek root dia. 1  diagram (gram means writing): a picture that shows details such as measurement or direction or how something works. 2  dialect (lect means speech): a way of speaking thatâs specific to a location. 3  diameter ( meter means measurement): the line that passes across the middle of a circle. diaphanous (phan means show): a pretty word for see-through, as with filmy, guazy fabrics. diocese (ec/eco means house): a church district. direct (rect means right, straight): straightforward, up front.