attributes

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
attribute

▶verb /əˈtrɪbjuːt/ (attribute something to) regard something as belonging to or being caused by. ▶noun /ˈatrɪbjuːt/ 

• 1 a quality or feature regarded as characteristic or inherent.

• 2 a material object recognized as representative of a person, status, or office.

– derivatives
attributable /əˈtrɪbjʊtəb(ə)l/ adjective,
attribution noun.

– origin C15 (earlier (ME) as attribution): the noun from OFr. attribut; the verb from L. attribut- ‘allotted’: both from attribuere, from ad- ‘to’ + tribuere ‘assign’.