Antecedent (noun)
an-tee-see-dent
A thing that existed before or logically precedes another.
Late Middle English from Old French or from Latin antecedent- ‘going before’, from antecedere, from ante ‘before’ + cedere ‘go’.
Example sentences
“‘There are literary and historical antecedents to this book, too.’”
Mackle (verb) mak-ul to blur, as from a double impression in printing First used in 1585–95. A variant of earlier macle, makle; earlier macule (from the Latin macula, “spot, blemish”).…