Etymograph

English

statuette

Statuette 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 ~ *sth₂téws‘to stand (up)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*status‘position, place’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatus‘position’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatuō‘to erect, set up, cause to stand’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatua‘a statue, especially one made of metal’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400statue
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form
  8. French, derivedc. 1600–presentstatuette
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1921same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stéh₂tus ~ *sth₂téws‘to stand (up)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*status‘position, place’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatus‘position’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatuō‘to erect, set up, cause to stand’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstatua‘a statue, especially one made of metal’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400statue
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form
  8. French, derivedc. 1600–presentstatuette
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1921same form

Earliest quotation: 1921, The Graphic: “[…] may be discovered not far from a charming…”

Equivalent to statue + -ette

Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tus ~ *sth₂téws ‘to stand (up)’

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Latin status ‘position’

Latin statuō ‘set up or erect’

Latin statua ‘a statue, especially one made of metal’

Old French statue

English statue

Linked words

through Latin status ‘position’

state, stade, estado, 8 more

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

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

Today it means

noun A small statue, usually a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta etc.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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

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