10 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
noun someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
noun a preceding occurrence or cause or event
noun anything that precedes something similar in time
originFrom Middle English antecedent, borrowed from Old French antecedent, from Latin antecēdēns (“going before”), from antecēdō (“to precede; excel; surpass”).
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