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statu quo

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From Latin statū quō (“(in) the state in which”), from statū, ablative singular of status (“state”), + quō (“in which”), ablative singular of quī (“which”). Likely taken from the earlier in statu quo used in English (see, e.g., the 1857 quotation).

noun statu quos

rare Rare form of status quo The system supported by the French Cabinet was to leave everything in statu quo in the Levant, neither disturbing the Russians in their influence at Constantinople, nor Ibrahim in his Syrian conquests. […]—after the treaties of Adrianople, Unkiar-Skelessi, and Kutaya, and the dismemberment of the ha

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@misc{statu_quo_2026,
  title = {statu quo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/statu%20quo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}