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The English word "Govern" came from the Old French word "governer" and they stole it from the Latin "guberno". It means "To steer" or "To direct" (as in "to steer a ship").

The suffix "-ment" comes from the Latin "-mentum", roughly translated to "the state of being acted upon". so "Government" would be "The state of being directed"

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