- precursor (of/to something)
a person or thing that comes before somebody/something similar and that leads to or influences its development synonym forerunner先驱;先锋;前身 a stringed instrument that was the precursor of the guitar 作为吉他前身的弦乐器 events that were precursors to revolution 革命前的事件
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin praecursor, from praecurs- ‘preceded’, from praecurrere, from prae ‘beforehand’ + currere ‘to run’.