English
antecessor
Antecessor comes from Middle English antecessour ‘a predecessor’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500antecessour‘a predecessor’
- Englishearliest quotation 1547antecessor
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500antecessour‘a predecessor’
- Englishearliest quotation 1547antecessor
Earliest quotation: 1547, Arthur Kelton: “[…] some, hath iudged wrongfully As in reproche, of…”
Linked words
through Latin cedo
process, success, necessary, procedure, succeed, cease, accessible, excessive, excess, precedent, concede, recession, concession, predecessor, accession, recess, cessation, secession, cede, intercession, 27 more
Today it means
noun A person or thing that precedes or goes before.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English antecessour / antecessor