predecessor

Significado (Inglés)

  1. One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
  2. A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current (or later) one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.
  3. A vertex having a directed path to another vertex

Opuesto a
successor
Frecuencia

C2
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈpɹiːdɪsɛsə(ɹ)/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

From Middle English predecessour, from Old French predecesseor (“forebear”), from Late Latin praedēcessor, from Latin prae- (“pre-”) + Latin dēcessor (“retiring officer”), from Latin dēcēdō (“I retire, I die”) (English decease).

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