Paternity

Noun

 * 1) fatherhood, being a father
 * 2) parental descent from the father's side

Verbs for Paternity
anticipate—; consider—; doubt—of; estab¬lish—of; forfeit—; hail—; impose—; respect—; revere—; spare—; venerate—; welcome—; —awes; —burdens; —comforts; —honors; —inspires; —salutes.

Thesaurus
affiliation, agnation, alliance, ancestry, blood, blood relationship, brotherhood, brothership, cognation, common ancestry, common descent, connection, consanguinity, cousinhood, cousinship, descent, enation, extraction, family, fatherhood, fatherliness, filiation, fraternity, heritage, kindred, kinship, line, lineage, maternity, matrilineage, matriliny, matrisib, matrocliny, motherhood, parentage, paternalness, patrilineage, patriliny, patrisib, patrocliny, propinquity, relation, relationship, sibship, sisterhood, sistership, stock, strain, ties of blood

Etymology
From paternitas:, from paternus: + -itas:, from pater:.

Translations

 * Latin:

Related terms

 * paternity leave
 * paternity suit
 * paternity test