"Father" to "pre," per Wikipedia (7)

I believe the answer is:

cognate

(Other definitions for cognate that I've seen before include "Related, having same source" , "Allied" , "Of the same kind" , "Associated" , "Related, connected" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.

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