Attribute
/ˈætrɪbjuːt/noun
A quality or characteristic of someone or something.
Did you know?The term 'attribute' comes from the Latin 'attributus', meaning 'to assign or ascribe', often in a divine context, linking it to the power of manifestation and identity.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*treib-
“to push, to thrust, to assign”
Latin
Latin
attributus
“assigned, attributed, ascribed”
Late Latin
Late Latin
attribuere
“to assign, to attribute”
Old French
Old French
atribuer
“to assign, to ascribe, to grant”
Middle English
Middle English
attributen
“to ascribe, to assign a quality or characteristic”
Modern English
English
attribute
“a quality or characteristic regarded as a trait of someone or something”
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