Why does right mean "right" and "right" in English?

Excerpted from Lei Qian's collection of English etymological stories

The English word right means both "right" and "right". Why "right" is "right"? It turns out that this is related to western superstitions. In the west, people generally think that the right side represents good luck and the left side represents bad omen. When watching birds for divination, if birds fly to the right, it is considered a good omen. In the Bible, in the last judgment, God made good people stand on the right and bad people stand on the left. The good people on the right go to heaven, and the bad people on the left go to hell. In most English-speaking countries, the bride stands to the left of the groom at the wedding, which symbolizes that women are in a secondary position.

Therefore, the word right has both the meaning of "right" and "right", while the word left has both the meaning of "left" and the meaning of "weak, stupid and despicable", but this meaning is rarely used now. Similarly, the word dexter not only means "right-handed, right-handed and dexterous", but also means "lucky". Besides "left", its antonym sinister also means "ominous and sinister". (Note: the root dexter- stands for right, and the root sinist- stands for left)

Right: [ra? Right right right right right right right right right.

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Dexter: ['Dexter? On the right, lucky.

Dexterity: ['dekst (? )r？ Smart, agile and right-handed.

Dexterity: [Dexter? t？ ] Business English is smart and agile.

Sinister: [? n？ st？ ] sinister; Ominous; Catastrophic; left

Left: [s? n？ str？ L] left; Left-handed; left-handed person