nounprae-dēcessorPRAE-DECESSOR☆ KeepMeaninga predecessorLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879PRAEDECESSORLEWIS & SHORTPRAEDECESSORprae-dēcessor, ōris, m., I. a predecessor (post-class.), Symm. Ep. 10, 47; Rutil. Nam. 1, 424.Read the whole entryIn English words that came into English from prae-dēcessorpredecessorpraedēcessor