Etymology

sculpture

sculp·ture
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Today it means: A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting). Full definition →

Middle English sculpture ← Old French sculpture ← Latin sculptūra
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  1. Latin · derived fromsculptūra“sculpture”
  2. Old French · derived fromsculpture
  3. Middle English · inherited fromsculpture
  4. English todaysculpture

From Middle English sculpture, from Old French sculpture, from Latin sculptūra (“sculpture”), from sculpō (“to cut out, to carve in stone”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.