Sincere

Sincere is an English vocabulary word, an adjective describing someone’s thoughts, statements or feelings as being honest, genuine and without affectation. In other words, sincerity is 100% authentic and based on what is truly and deeply felt or believed. Ironically, we had difficulty uncovering a “sincere” etymological root for Sincere. The common story is that the word Sincere ultimately comes from two separate Latin words “sine” meaning “without” and “cerae” meaning “wax” (without wax). Even though this belief is widely considered folk etymology, we find the background justification pretty interesting. Apparently craftsmen of Ancient Rome who employed the usage of marble or mortar in the construction of statutes or structures would sometimes use a wax substance in order to cover up a mar or mistake. Some claimed wax was dishonestly used in place of mortar causing severe integrity problems with structures. In order to avoid an unscrupulous, dodgy person, one would seek a person “sin-cerae” or “without wax”. However, this clever etymology has pretty much been discounted by experts. In any case, Sincere somehow developed into a masculine given name in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century.