pertaining

Pertain \Per*tain"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pertained}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Pertaining}.] [OE. partenen, OF. partenir, fr. L.
   pertinere to stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to
   hold, keep. See {Per-}, and {Tenable}, and cf. {Appertain},
   {Pertinent}.]
   1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on,
      something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to
      appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers
      pertain to plant life.
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            Men hate those who affect that honor by ambition
            which pertaineth not to them.         --Hayward.
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   2. To have relation or reference to something.
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            These words pertain unto us at this time as they
            pertained to them at their time.      --Latimer.
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36 Moby Thesaurus words for "pertaining":
      a propos, ad rem, admissible, affinitive, appertaining, applicable,
      applying, apposite, appropriate, apropos, associative, belonging,
      comparable, comparative, congenial, connective, correlative,
      en rapport, germane, in point, involving, linking, material,
      pertinent, proportionable, proportional, proportionate, referable,
      referring, relating, relational, relative, relevant, sympathetic,
      to the point, to the purpose