antecessor

== English == === Alternative forms === antecessour (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English antecessour, from Anglo-Norman antecessour, Middle French antecesseur, or their etymon Latin antecessor, a compound of ante +‎ cedo +‎ -tor; thus a doublet of ancestor. === Noun === antecessor (plural antecessors) (now rare) A person or thing that precedes or goes before. Synonyms: precursor, predecessor Antonym: successor 1671, Joseph Glanvill, A Præfatory Answer to Mr. Henry Stubbe, London: J. Collins, p. 57,[3] […] the Waldenses[,] Antecessors of the Protestants A person from whom one is descended. Synonym: ancestor Antonym: descendant === References === === Anagrams === censorates == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ən.tə.səˈso] IPA(key): (Valencia) [an.te.seˈsoɾ] === Noun === antecessor m (plural antecessors, feminine antecessora, feminine plural antecessores) predecessor ==== Related terms ==== antecedència antecedent antecedentment antecedir == Latin == === Etymology === Compound of ante +‎ cedo +‎ -tor. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [an.tɛˈkɛs.sɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [an.teˈt͡ʃɛs.sor] === Noun === antecessor m (genitive antecessōris); third declension predecessor vanguard, scout ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “antecessor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "antecessor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “antecessor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. antecessor in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[10], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “antecessor”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 642 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin antecessōrem. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: an‧te‧ces‧sor === Noun === antecessor m (plural antecessores, feminine antecessora, feminine plural antecessoras) predecessor (one who precedes) Synonym: predecessor === Further reading === “antecessor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “antecessor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026