for the present, for the time being · for now (at the moment; until later)
eş: до сих пор, досель, покамест
köken: Related to Ukrainian поки (poky), Belarusian пакуль (pakulʹ), Polish póki, from по (po) + кꙑи (kyi), in Russian with analogous formation after дока (doka), пота (pota) (Vasmer 1958). (Interjection): Short form of прощай пока (proščaj poka, “farewell for now”) or пока до свидания (poka do svidanija). Used since the early 20th century first as colloquial, thereafter as familiar. May be a calque…