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Pronunciation:/pəˈternitē, /
noun
- 1 (especially in legal contexts) the state of being someone’s father:he refused to admit paternity of the child
- 2 paternal origin:his enemies made great play of the supposed dubiety of his paternity
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French paternité, from late Latin paternitas, from paternus ‘relating to a father’