status quo

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin status ("state") + quō ("in which") , the ablative of quī ("which"). From the Latin stātus quō ante bellum erat (“‘the way things were before the war’”)

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status quo (plural status quos)

1. The state of things; the way things are, as opposed to the way they could be; the existing state of affairs.

[edit] Related terms

• status quo ante

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