paternity
noun/pəˈtɜːnəti/
/pəˈtɜːrnəti/
[uncountable]- the fact of being the father of a child
- He refused to admit paternity of the child.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPaternity is used before these nouns:- leave
- suit
- test
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French paternité, from late Latin paternitas, from paternus ‘relating to a father’.Definitions on the go
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