antepasado
/antepaˈsado/ · B2 · adj
ancestor, forefather
👴🏛️ ante- (before) + pasado (past) = those who came before you in the past
Spanish antepasado joins ante- (before) and pasado (past). Related forms: antes means before, and pasado means gone by. An antepasado is someone from the time before yours, an ancestor. As an adjective it means before last, as in the one before the last.