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noun the state of being a father
noun the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
noun the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing
originFrom Middle French paternité, from Old French, from Latin paternitās (“paternity”), from paternus (“of or pertaining to a father, paternal”) + -itās, from pater (“father”).
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