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antecedent
(n.) 1) something happening before (and leading up to) something else: 2) the word or words referred to by a pronoun; (adj.) preceding in time, rank, or causality
The Versailles Treaty was a tragic antecedent of the rise of Adolf Hitler.
Related English words: antecede (to come or happen before), antecedence (the act or fact of being antecedent), antecessor (person who goes before)
Latin root words: antecedo, antecedere, antecessi, antecessus - to precede; cedo, cedere, cessi, cessus - to move; to yield, give way
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