Etymograph

English

statua

Statua comes from Latin statua ‘a statue, especially one made of metal’, from statuō ‘to erect, set up, cause to stand’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tus ~ *sth₂téws.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stéh₂tus ~ *sth₂téws1‘to stand (up)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*status1‘position, place’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatus2‘position’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatuō3‘to erect, set up, cause to stand’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatua4‘a statue, especially one made of metal’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1624statua4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin status
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin statuo
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Latin statua
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English statua
  5. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1624, Democritus Junior pseudonym; Robert Burt, The Anatomy of Melancholy: […]: “whilst he played, he put his ring upon the…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stéh₂tus ~ *sth₂téwsWiktionary, Latin status‘to stand (up)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*statusWiktionary, Latin status‘position, place’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatusWiktionary, Latin statuo‘position’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatuōWiktionary, Latin statua‘to erect, set up, cause to stand’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatuaWiktionary, English statua‘a statue, especially one made of metal’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1624statuaWiktionary, English statua. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1624, Democritus Junior pseudonym; Robert Burt, The Anatomy of Melancholy: […]: “whilst he played, he put his ring upon the…”

Linked words

through Latin status ‘position’

state, stade, estado, 7 more

through Latin statuō ‘to erect, set up, cause to stand’

institute, constitution, institution, substitute, constitute, prostitution, constituent, prostitute, substitution, restitution, destitute, destitution, 6 more

Today it means

noun A statue.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “statua”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin status, Latin statuo, Latin statua. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tus ~ *sth₂téws / statua

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