predecessors

noun

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.

A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current (or later) one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.

(mathematics) A vertex having a directed path to another vertex

Roots

praepre- · Latin · before, in front cedo-cess · Latin · go, yield

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The word predecessors breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: pre-, from Latin prae (“before, in front”); and -cess, from Latin cedo (“go, yield”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.