'government-ordered' originates from Modern English as a compound of 'government' and the past-participle/adjectival form 'ordered'. 'government' ultimately comes via Old French from Latin 'gubernare' where 'gubernare' meant 'to steer, to govern', and 'ordered' comes via Old French from Latin 'ordinare' where 'ordinare' meant 'to put in order'.

'government' changed from Old French 'governer' and Middle English forms (governen, goverment) into the modern English 'government'; 'order' came from Latin 'ordo/ordinare' through Old French 'order' into Middle English 'ordren/orden' and the past-participle/adjective 'ordered', and these elements combined in modern English to form the compound adjective 'government-ordered'.

Individually, 'government' originally referred to the act or system of governing and 'ordered' to arranging or commanding; combined in modern usage they specifically denote that an action was commanded, required, or imposed by the government.