statue

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A figure of a person or animal carved or cast from stone, metal, or wood.

   A bronze statue of the poet stands in the square.

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Simplified etymology

Statue entered English in the Middle English period through the Latin word family of statuere “set up, place.” It originally denoted something set up.

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

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