ad- ‘to’ + tribuere ‘assign’

verb | əˈtriˌbyo͞ot | with object (attribute something to)

regard something as being caused by (someone or something):

〖attribute A to B〗 A〈物事(の結果)〉をB〈人･物･事〉に帰する, AをBのせいにする; A〈性質･特徴など〉がB〈人･物など〉にあるとする, 考える(｟かたく｠ ascribe)

e.g. he attributed the firm's success to the efforts of the managing director

e.g. the bombing was attributed to the IRA.

ascribe a work or remark to (a particular author, artist, or speaker):

〖通例be ～d to A〗 〈作品などが〉A〈作者〉の作であると考えられている.

e.g. the building was attributed to Frank Lloyd Wright.

regard a quality or feature as characteristic of or possessed by (someone or something):

e.g. ancient peoples attributed magic properties to certain stones.

noun | ˈatrəˌbyo͞ot |

1. a quality or feature regarded as a characteristic or inherent part of someone or something:

(人･物などの本来的な)属性, 特性, 特質 (!特に好ましい有益な性質をさす)

e.g. flexibility and mobility are the key attributes of our army.

a material object recognized as symbolic of a person, especially a conventional object used in art to identify a saint or mythical figure.

象徴, 付属物

2. Computing a piece of information which determines the properties of a field or tag in a database or a string of characters in a display.

3. Grammar an attributive adjective or noun.

〘文法〙 限定詞

4. Statistics a real property which a statistical analysis is attempting to describe.

late 15th century: the noun from Old French attribut; the verb from Latin attribut- ‘allotted’: both from the verb attribuere, from ad- ‘to’ + tribuere ‘assign’.