Russian-English translations for предше́ственник

• precursor
• predecessor
  The steam engine was the predecessor of diesel and electric locomotives.
• ancestor
  This fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse
• forebear
• forerunner
  Bakelite is a forerunner of todays plastics.
• progenitor
  Abraham alias Ibrahim is the progenitor of both the Jewish and Arab peoples
  ARPANET was the progenitor of the Internet
  Are neural progenitor cells infected by Zika virus?