paternity

Meaning

Noun

  • fatherhood, being a father
  • parental descent from a father
  • legal acknowledgement of a man's fatherhood of a child
  • authorship

Origin

  • From Middle French paternité, from Old French, from Latin paternitās ("paternity"), from paternus + -itās, from pater.

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