PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
Not yet. The Latin word is clear, but its formation has attracted competing proposals.
/sɪnˈsɪr/ · adjective
Genuine, honest, and free from pretense; borrowed from a Latin adjective of uncertain origin.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
Records the absence of a secure replacement for the rejected folk etymology.
Etymology sectionSupplies the attested Latin semantic range while leaving the internal formation unresolved.
sincerusThe reviewed evidence does not yet warrant collapsing the competing or incomplete analyses into one secure answer.