ATTITUDES are a mystery, a word deriving from the Greek for an initiate, but ultimately from a verb that means closing your eyes. Attitude comes from a word meaning fit, and means a posture or stance; words to do with fixed positions or standing… and so on. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17243111.andrew-mckie-mays-stance-on-immigration-badly-skewed-the-brexit-talks/