A named property belonging to a thing. Also to credit a thing to its source — the same word for a quality and for a claim of origin.
Latin attribuere (to allot to, to assign), from ad- (to) + tribuere (to grant, to bestow); a named property belonging to a thing, or to credit a thing to its source.
A named property belonging to a thing, or a credit given to its source, one word for a quality and for a claim of origin.