'Statue' is Latin for 'something set up' — from 'statuere' (to set up). Kin to 'state' and 'status.'
A carved or cast figure of a person or animal, especially one that is life-size or larger.
From Latin statua (a standing image, a likeness in stone or bronze), a derivative of statuere (to set upright, to establish), itself from status (position, standing), from stare (to stand). The ultimate root is Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (to stand), one of the most productive PIE roots in the entire family. It generated Latin stare, sistere, and their vast derivative network: station, static, institute, constitute, obstacle, substance, circumstance. In Germanic