paternity
English
Etymology
From Middle French paternité, from Old French, from Latin paternitās (“paternity”), from paternus (“of or pertaining to a father, paternal”) + -itās, from pater (“father”).
Noun
paternity (countable and uncountable, plural paternities)
- fatherhood, being a father
- parental descent from a father
- (law) legal acknowledgement of a man's fatherhood of a child
- (figuratively) authorship
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