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- Latin · learned borrowing fromstatus quō ante bellum
- English todaystatus quo ante bellum
Learned borrowing from Latin status quō ante bellum (literally “situation as it existed before the war”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
status quo ante bellum
Today it means: A situation as it existed prior to the war (often implying the withdrawal of enemy troops and the restoration of pre-war leadership, so that no side gains or loses any rights or territory as a result of the war). Full definition →
Latin status quō ante bellum