English word statute comes from Latin statuo

Detailed word origin of statute

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
statuo	Latin (lat)	I decide, make up (my mind). I erect. I establish, determine, fix (the form or character of). I hold up, stop, end. I set up, station (in an upright position).
statutus	Latin (lat)
statutum	Late Latin (LL)
statut	Old French (fro)
status	Middle English (enm)
statute	English (eng)	(legal, common law) Legislated rule of society which has been given the force of law by those it governs.. Written law, as laid down by the legislature.

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