English
fatherness
From father + -ness.
Formed from father + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr
Proto-Germanic *fadēr
Proto-West Germanic *fader
Old English fæder
Middle English fader ‘a father’
English father
Today it means
noun The state or quality of being a father.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fatherness