paternity
n.
mid-15c., "condition of being a father," from Old French paternité (12c.), from Late Latin paternitatem (nominative paternitas) "fatherly care, fatherhood," from Latin paternus "of a father," from pater (see father, n.). Originally in the ecclesiastical sense; literal sense first recorded 1580s. Meaning "paternal origin" is from 1868.
〔李〕[patern=father父；-ity n.=the state or quality表状况或性质→“the state or qualilty of a father为父的状况或品质”→] n.① fatherhood父亲的身份；父权