Stature

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Middle English: via Old French from Latin statura, from stare ‘to stand’. The sense ‘importance’ dates from the mid 19th century.

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From Old French stature, from Latin statūra.

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stature (n.)

early 14c., "natural height of a body, height," from Old French stature, estature "build, structure," from Latin statura "height, size of body, size, growth," from PIE *ste-tu-, from root *sta- "to stand, make or be firm," with derivatives meaning "place or thing that is standing." Figurative sense first recorded 1834.