Paternity
Origin
From Latin paternitÄs ("paternity"), from paternus ("of or pertaining to a father, paternal") + -itÄs, from pater ("father").
Full definition of paternity
Noun
paternity
(countable and uncountable; plural paternitys)- fatherhood, being a father
- parental descent from a father
- (legal) legal acknowledgement of a man's fatherhood of a child
- (figuratively) authorship