'Stature' is Latin for 'height' — from 'stare' (to stand). How tall you stand.
A person's natural height; importance or reputation gained by ability or achievement.
From Latin 'statūra' (the height of a person's body, bodily stature, the build or uprightness of a standing figure), from 'status' (a standing, a position, a condition, a posture), past participle of 'stāre' (to stand, to be upright, to remain in place), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (to stand, to be firm, to place upright). This is one of the most productive of all PIE roots, reconstructed with the highest confidence from its reflexes across the entire family: Sanskrit 'sthā' (स्था, to stand — root of 'sthāna,' position or station, 'sthiti,' standing or state, and 'sthāvara,' the standing or stationary world of plants and rocks as opposed to moving creatures); Greek 'histanai' (ἱστάναι, to cause to stand → 'system' from 'syn-histanai,' a standing together, 'ecstasy' from 'ek-stasis,' a standing outside oneself, 'apostle' from 'apo-stellein' — sent standing forward, 'epistle' from the same); Latin 'stāre' (to stand → 'stable,' 'station,' 'state,' 'status,' 'statute,' 'substance' — a standing under, 'constant' — standing together, 'establish,' 'arrest' — to stop standing, 'resist' — to stand back, 'exist' — to stand out); Old English 'standan' (to stand → modern 'stand'); German 'stehen' (to stand); Old Norse 'standa.' The figurative extension of 'stature' — from physical
The words 'stature,' 'statue,' 'status,' 'state,' and 'station' all derive from the same Latin verb 'stare' (to stand). Your 'stature' is how you stand physically, your 'status' is how you stand socially, a 'statue' stands in place of the person it depicts, and a 'station' is where you stand and wait.