@Estellaven There has been a temptation to see the first element as Latin sine "without." But there is no etymological justification for the common story that the word means "without wax" (*sine cera), which is dismissed out of hand by OED, Century Dictionary ("untenable"), and others
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@Estellaven https://www.etymonline.com/word/sincere