Where does “insincere” come from?
Insincere comes from Latin insincerus, formed with the prefix in- meaning "not" and sincerus meaning "pure" or "genuine."
insincere (English): Not genuinely meaning what has been expressed;...
Definitions
- Not genuinely meaning what has been expressed;...
Ancestry of “insincere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | insincerus | not pure, spoiled, corrupted |
| 2 | Latin | sincērus | clean, pure, sound |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | senkairos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
Words derived from “insincere”