status quo ante

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status quo ante

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From the Latin stātus quō ante (“the way things were before”), possibly from stātus quō ante bellum (“the way things were before the war”).

noun status quo antes

The state of things as they were before; a preexisting state of affairs.

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@misc{status_quo_ante_2026,
  title = {status quo ante},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/status%20quo%20ante},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}