antecedents
an-te-ce-dents
noun
A person's family background, history, or previous conduct.
"The police investigated his family antecedents."
noun
Events or circumstances that came before something else.
"We studied the historical antecedents of the conflict."
Thesaurus
Synonyms: pre-existent, preexistent, anterior, prior, pre-existing, preexisting, prevenient, anticipatory, ascendant, ascendent, ancestor, root
Antonyms: descendant, descendent, subsequent