trait

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

• Borrowed from Middle French trait ("line, feature"), from Latin tractus ("drawing, pulling"), from Latin traho, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ- ("to drag, pull?"), perhaps a variation of *dʰregʰ-. tract.