paternity
/pəˈtɜːnətɪ/noun
mass noun
1
- (especially in legal contexts) the state of being someone's father尤用于法律父亲身份：
he refused to admit paternity of the child.
他拒绝承认是这个孩子的父亲。
2
- paternal origin父系来源, 父系出身：
his enemies made great play of the supposed dubiety of his paternity.
他的敌人对他出身假设的猜疑进行了大肆渲染。
词源
late Middle English: from Old French paternité, from late Latin paternitas, from paternus 'relating to a father'.