Borrowed from Frenchstatuette, from statuef + -ette(feminine of the diminutive suffix -et). By surface analysis, statue + -ette(diminutive suffix).
発音
IPA: /ˌstætjuˈɛt/, /ˌstætʃuˈɛt/
韻: -ɛt
名詞
statuette (pluralstatuettes)
A small statue, usually a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta etc.
1921, The Graphic, volume 103, page 444:
[…] may be discovered not far from a charming statuette of Queen Alexandra, and there is also the figurette of King George's elder brother.
2019 July 3, Filip, “LEGO Microfigures, Minifigures, and Nanofigures”, in Minifigures Blog:
Some statuettes are not monochrome but represent characters. That is why they are called nanofigures.