trait

/tɹeɪt/ · noun

Meaning

An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.
An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface.

Etymology / origin

Borrowed from Middle French trait (“line, feature”), from Latin tractus (“drawing, pulling”), from Latin trahō. Doublet of tract.

traho(Latin)→
tractus(Latin)→
trait(frm)→
trait (English)
Relations: bor, der, der

Related words

trait(frm)tractus(Latin)traho(Latin)

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