Appare Vestigium

Spell Name: Tracking Spell

Incantation: Appare Vestigium

Pronunciation: ah-PAR-ay ves-TEE-jee-um

Spell Branch: Charms

Magical Discipline(s): Enchantments

Appearance: Swirl of gold

Description: The Tracking Spell is a charm that reveals and illuminates traces of recent magical activity and shows magical footprints and track marks in an area.

Regulations: Legal

Skill Level: Advanced

Etymology: The spell has two components, appare, a Latin word in the imperative form (present active, second-person, singular) meaning "you appear (now)", a conjugation of the verb appareo ("I appear, or come into sight"), and vestigium, Latin for "footprint or track", or in a broader sense, any form of "trace, vestige or mark". Together, the incantation Appare Vestigium can be interpreted as a command, "footprints, traces, you appear now".

References:

• In 1927, Newt Scamander cast this charm to help him in his investigative attempt to track the whereabouts of Tina Goldstein in the streets of Montmartre, Paris[1]
• Gris Hericho and Andromeda Gamp use it at a scene[2][3]

Notes: Based on HP Wiki entry[4]