noun, masculine/anteθeˈsoɾ/plural: antecesores
predecessor
Synonyms: predecesor
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Latin ante- Latin cedo Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin antecessorbor. Spanish antecesor Borrowed from Latin antecessor. Doublet of ancestro.