'statue' originates from French, specifically the word 'statue', where Latin 'statua' (from the verb 'statuere') meant 'that which is set up' or 'image'.

'statue' changed from the Latin word 'statua' into Old French 'statue' and eventually became the modern English word 'statue' through Middle English.

Initially, it meant 'something set up' or 'an image', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'a three-dimensional representation, typically of a person or animal'.