Etymology

stature

stat·ure
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Today it means: A person or animal's natural height when standing upright. Full definition →

Middle English stature ← Old French stature ← Latin statūra
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  1. Latin · derived fromstatūra
  2. Old French · derived fromstature
  3. Middle English · inherited fromstature
  4. English todaystature

From Middle English stature, from Old French stature, from Latin statūra.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.