derecha
/deˈɾet͡ʃa/ · A2 · noun · f
right
👉 derecha = direct: from Latin directus, straight, the correct (right) side
Same root as English direct and Spanish derecho (straight, a legal right). Straight became correct, and correct became the right-hand side, just as English right means both correct and not-left. The political sense follows from the direction.