$('.selector').prevAll();
$('.selector').prevAll('.active');

function prevAll(node, selector) {
  var list = [];
  var prev = node.previousElementSibling;
  
  while (prev && prev.nodeType === 1) {
    list.unshift(prev);
    prev = prev.previousElementSibling;
  }

  if (selector) {
    var node = [].slice.call(document.querySelectorAll(selector));
    
    list = list.filter(function(item) {
      return node.indexOf(item) !== -1;
    });
  }

  return list;
}

prevAll(document.querySelector('.selector'));

prevAll(document.querySelector('.selector'), '.active');