Statue

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Middle English: from Old French, from Latin statua, from stare ‘to stand’.

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From Old French statue, from Latin statua, derived from statuō(“set up or erect”).

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statue (n.)

late 14c., from Old French statue, estatue "(pagan) statue, graven image" (12c.), from Latin statua "image, statue, monumental figure, representation in metal," properly "that which is set up," back-formation from statuere "to cause to stand, set up," from status "a standing, position," from past participle stem of stare "to stand," from PIE *ste-tu-, from root *sta- "to stand, make or be firm." The children's game of statues is attested from 1906.