'state-ordered' is a modern English compound formed from 'state' + 'ordered'. 'State' originates from Latin via Old French (Latin 'status' → Old French 'estat'), where it meant 'condition' or 'political body'; 'order' originates from Latin 'ordinare'/'ordo' via Old French 'order', where it meant 'a command or arrangement'.

'state' entered English from Old French 'estat' (from Latin 'status') in Middle English; 'order' came into English from Old French (from Latin 'ordinare'/'ordo') and produced the verb 'to order' in Middle English ('orden'). The compound 'state-ordered' is a modern formation combining these elements to indicate something commanded by the state.

The components originally referred separately to the 'political body' ('state') and 'a command' ('order'); together in modern usage they specifically mean 'mandated by the state' or 'imposed by government authority'.