• jarfil@lemmy.world
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      “From Middle English sterbord, stere-bourd, stere-burd, from Old English stēorbord, from Proto-West Germanic *steurubord, equivalent to steer +‎ board (“side (of a ship)”), referring to ancient ships with the steering oar set to the right (to accommodate right-handed crew)”

      https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/starboard

    • bluGill@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Maybe. Others have said that when in port the starboard side of the ship is where you would see start out at sea - the port side facing the bright city.

      A lot of this is partially lost to history and a guess. I am not enough of a historian to know what the truth is.