traityoudaoicibaDictYouDict[trait 词源字典]
trait: see trace
[trait etymology, trait origin, 英语词源]
trait (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
late 15c., "shot, missiles;" later "a stroke in drawing, a short line" (1580s), from Middle French trait "line, stroke, feature, tract," from Latin tractus "drawing, drawing out, dragging, pulling," later "line drawn, feature," from past participle stem of trahere "to pull, draw" (see tract (n.1)). Sense of "particular feature, distinguishing quality" in English is first recorded 1752.