predecessor

Signification (Anglais)

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 Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.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

Concepts

prédécesseur

devancier

précédent

ancêtre

héraut

précurseur

Opposé de

successor

Synonymes

forerunner

precursor

ancestor

antecedent

forefather

antecessor

foregoer

pioneer

seniority

herald

Pred

harbinger

precedent

earlier

leader

prior

progenitor

guide

former people

former

fore-runner

pathfinder

Traductions

Vorgänger

predecesor

predecessore

predecessor

voorganger

antecessore

predecessor

öncel

προκάτοχος

antecesor

Vorgängerin

antecessor

ata

selef

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpɹiːdɪsɛsə(ɹ)/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: predecessour

Appartenant à anglais: decease

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).