paternity

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Etymology

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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)

  1. fatherhood, being a father
  2. parental descent from a father
  3. (law) legal acknowledgement of a man's fatherhood of a child
  4. (figuratively) authorship

Related terms

Translations

fatherhood — see fatherhood

See also

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