transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈan-ˌses-tər also ]
-səs- noun
Etymology: Middle English ancestre, from Anglo-French, from Latin antecessor predecessor, from antecedere to go before, from ante- + cedere to go
Date: 13th century
1.
a. : one from whom a person is descended and who is usually more remote in the line of descent than a grandparent
b. : forefather 2
2. : forerunner , prototype
3. : a progenitor of a more recent or existing species or group