English → Latin
“appertain” in Latin
referōto bear, bring, drive, or carry back, off, or away; to give back, give up, return, restore, pay back, repay, render, paydēbeōto owe something, to be under obligation to and for something; to be bound, in duty bound to do something; "ought", "mus
The English word appertain itself goes back to Latin pertineō, through appertinēre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
appertain
belong; of strict possession; est aliquid alicujus (not alicui): aliquis possidet aliquid. This appertains to me, hic meus est. [So always the possessive pronoun, not the dative of the personal one.]
Belong, relate to, etc., pertinere ad aliquid: spectare ad aliquid: referri or referendum esse ad aliquid. It appertains to a happy life, ad beatam vitam pertinet. Often by esse with the genitive.
To be due to, deberi.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for appertain?
- The usual Latin words for “appertain” are referō, dēbeō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.