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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: praecursor, from praecurrere 'to run in front'

precursor

 noun
     
pre‧cur‧sor [countable]
formal something that happened or existed before something else and influenced its development
precursor of/to
a precursor of modern jazz
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