English
paternity
Paternity comes from Latin paternus ‘of or pertaining to a father, paternal’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ph₂tḗr‘father’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*patēr‘father’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpater‘father’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpaternus‘of or pertaining to a father, paternal’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpaternitās
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600paternité
- Englishtodaypaternity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ph₂tḗr‘father’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*patēr‘father’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpater‘father’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpaternus‘of or pertaining to a father, paternal’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpaternitās
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600paternité
- Englishtodaypaternity
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’
company, food, pain, feed, pope, apparent, fur, foster, pastor, companion, penetration, fad, pasture, papal, fodder, forage, accompaniment, patrician, panini, fatherly, pav, pantaloons, pannier, 59 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr ‘father’
through Proto-Italic *patēr ‘father’
through Latin pater ‘father’
pattern, papa, patron, perpetrator, padre, père, patrimony, perpetrate, compere, 19 more
Today it means
noun Fatherhood, the state or quality of being a father.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr / paternity