Where does “stature” come from?

Stature comes from Old French stature, from Latin statura, meaning the height of a body or standing position.

stature (English): A person or animal's natural height when standing...

Definitions

  1. A person or animal's natural height when standing...

Ancestry of “stature”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishstaturestature height, tallness
2Old Frenchstature
3Latinstaturastature, size; nominative feminine singular of...

Words derived from “stature

Every word from Latin staturaEvery word from Old French statureEvery word from Middle English stature