filiation
/ˌfɪlɪˈeɪʃən/noun
mass noun
1- the fact of being or of being designated the child of a particular parent or parents为人子女：
relationships based on ties of filiation as opposed to marriage.
建立在亲子关系而非婚姻基础上的关系。
1.1
- the manner in which a thing is related to another from which it is derived or descended in some respect由来, 起源, 来源：
the filiation of Old Norse manuscripts.
古斯堪的纳维亚语（或古诺尔斯语）手稿的来源。
1.2
- count noun a branch of a society or language（社团、语言的）分支。
词源
late Middle English: from French, from ecclesiastical and medieval Latin filiatio（n-）, from Latin filius 'son', filia 'daughter'.