Etymology

plus ça change

Today it means: The more it changes, the more it's the same thing (sometimes loosely translated as the more things change, the more they stay the same). Full definition →

French plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
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The story

  1. French · derived fromplus ça change, plus c'est la même chose“the more it changes, the more it's the same thing”
  2. English todayplus ça change

A short form (specifically, an anapodoton) of French plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose (“the more it changes, the more it's the same thing”).

Words from the same roots

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the more things change, the more they stay the same

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.