English

state-run

which is run by the state

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    Origin

    From state + run, past participle of run.

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    • partEnglishstate “A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishstat
        • borrowedOld Frenchestat
    • partEnglishrun “To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishrunnen
        • inheritedOld Englishrinnan “to run”
        • derivedProto-Germanic*rannijaną “to make run”

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