statue

statue
\ \ [14] A statue is etymologically something that has been ‘set up’ or ‘erected’. The word comes via Old French statue from Latin statua, a derivative of statuerecause to stand, erect, establish’ (source of English constitute, destitute [14], institute, prostitute, restitution [13], statute [13], and substitute [16]). This in turn was formed from status (source of English state and status), the past participle of Latin stārestand’ (source of English contrast [16], cost, stage, station, stay, etc). And stāre came ultimately from the Indo-European base *stā- ‘stand’, which is also the ancestor of English stable, stand, stead, stem, etc. Amongst the host of other English words that come from the prolific Latin stāre are (via its present participle stāns) circumstance [13], constant, distant, instant, stance, stanza, substance, etc, and (via the derivative sisterestand’) assist, consist, desist [15], exist, insist [16], persist [16], and resist [14].
\ \ Cf.ASSIST, CIRCUMSTANCE, CONSIST, CONSTANT, CONTRAST, COST, DESIST, DESTITUTE, DISTANT, ESTATE, EXIST, INSIST, INSTANT, INSTITUTE, PERSIST, PROSTITUTE, RESIST, RESTITUTION, STABLE, STANCE, STAND, STANZA, STATE, STATION, STATISTIC, STATUS, STATUTE, STAY, STEAD, STEM, STOIC, SUBSTANCE, SUBSTITUTE

Word origins - 2ed. . 2005.

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Synonyms:
(made of some solid substance)


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  • statue — Statue. s. f. Figure humaine de plein relief. Statuë de marbre, de bronze, d or, d argent, de bois, d argille, &c. statuë de grandeur naturelle. statuë de grandeur extraordinaire, ou colossale. statuë equestre. statuë pedestre. la statuë de… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • statue — Statue, Statua. Statue ou peincture faicte sur le vif, Icon iconis. Statue qu on eslevoit à l honneur de ceux qui avoyent triomphé, Statua triumphalis. Statues massives et especes qu on faisoit le temps passé en l honneur de quelqu un, Colossus… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Statue — Stat ue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Statued} ( [ u]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Statuing}.] To place, as a statue; to form a statue of; to make into a statue. The whole man becomes as if statued into stone and earth. Feltham. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Statue — Sf bildhauerisches Kunstwerk erw. fach. (17. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. statua, zu l. statuere (statūtum) hinstellen, aufstellen , zu l. stāre stellen . Diminutiv: Statuette.    Ebenso nndl. statuette, ne. statue, nfrz. statue, nschw. staty …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • Statue — Stat ue (st[a^]ch [=oo]; also, st[a^]t [ u]; 135), n. [F., fr. L. statua (akin to stativus standing still), fr. stare, statum, to stand. See {Stand}.] 1. The likeness of a living being sculptured or modeled in some solid substance, as marble,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • statue — (n.) c.1300, from O.Fr. statue (12c.), from L. statua image, statue, prop. that which is set up, back formation from statuere to cause to stand, set up, from status a standing, position, from stare to stand (see STET (Cf. stet)). The children s… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Statŭe — (lat. statua, franz. statue, spr. statǖ , Stand bild), die durch die Tätigkeit des bildenden Künstlers in irgendeiner, meist harten Masse dargestellte volle Gestalt, besonders des Menschen. Im Altertum und in der neuern Zeit bis zur Zeit der… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Statue — Statŭe (lat.), Standbild, Bildsäule, eine in Stein (Marmor), Erz oder auch Holz gebildete Menschengestalt, entweder Porträt S., getreue Nachbildung einer histor. Persönlichkeit, oder Ideal S., Darstellung einer Gestalt aus der Mythologie,… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Statue — (v. lat.), so v.w. Bildsäule, s.d. u. vgl. Statua. Man nennt häufig die nackten S n griechische, die bekleideten römische, die als Säulen dienende persische S n; ferner unterscheidet man Idealstatuen, Darstellung höherer, übermenschlicher od.… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Statue — Statue, s.v.w. Bildsäule …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

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