status quo ante

== English == === Etymology === 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 ante (plural status quo antes) The state of things as they were before; a preexisting state of affairs. Coordinate terms: status quo, status quo ante bellum ==== Further reading ==== status quo ante on Wikipedia.Wikipedia