Sinister cynicism

Cynicism has that almost sinister (catch the sound alike?) sound....

I think sinister is from Latin, and cynicism is from Greek. It may have traveled thru Latin, though. The Roman empire took a lot of mythology and philosophy from Greek, and tried to make it their own.

Sinister means evil or ominous, and came thru Middle English from Old French, from Latin.
Cynical means suspicious or thinking all men are motivated by selfishness, which came thru Latin from Greek, of course. I copied that defination from the dictionary, so please don't accuse me of being sexist.

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