[pəˈteɪn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- be appropriate, related, or applicable to
(e.g: matters pertaining to workplace conditions)

- be in effect or existence in a specified place or at a specified time
(e.g: their economic circumstances are vastly different from those which pertained in their land of origin)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French partenir, from Latin pertinere ‘extend to, have reference to’, from per- ‘through’ + tenere ‘to hold’