|apə(r)|tān intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English apperteinen, appertenen, apertenen, from Middle French apartenir, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin appartenēre, alteration (influenced by Latin part-, pars part) of Late Latin appertinēre, from Latin ad- + pertinēre to reach to, belong — more at pertain
: to belong either as something appropriate or as a part, possession, right, or attribute : pertain
he will grow into an adult with the privileges and obligations appertaining thereto — Richard Joseph
islands which have been determined by the President to appertain to the U.S. — E.D.Dickinson