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precursor
[precursor 词源字典]
precursor:
see
course
[precursor etymology, precursor origin, 英语词源]
precursor (n.)
early 15c., from Middle French
precurseur
and directly from Latin
praecursor
"forerunner," agent noun from past participle stem of
praecurrere
, from
prae
"before" (see
pre-
) +
currere
"to run" (see
current
(adj.)). Related:
Precursory
.