| precursor(noun, person, precede, antecedent, parent) |
| ancestor(noun, person, cause, influence, connection) |
| forefather(noun, kin, precede, parent, ancestor) |
| predecessor(noun, person, sign, kin, pop) |
| forebear(noun, kin, precede, ancestor) |
| forerunner(noun, person, herald, precede, messenger) |
| primogenitor(noun, forebear) |
| antecedent(noun, person, cause, sign, kin) |
| begetter(noun, producer, forebear) |
| father(noun, kin, precede, children, paternity) |
| parent(noun, person, cause, influence, base) |
| origin(noun, person, cause, base, beginning) |
| creator(noun, person, cause, base, beginning) |
| author(noun, person, cause, sign, indication) |
| dad(noun, person, individual, antecedent, paternity) |
| ascendant(noun, kin, precede, ancestor) |
| foregoer |
| founder(noun, parent) |
| originator(noun, parent) |
| forbear |