approximately · for instance · by any chance, possibly
eş: ungefähr, in etwa, zirka, annähernd, rund, beispielsweise
köken: From Middle High German etwā, contraction of etewā (also eteswā), from Old High German edde(s)hwār (“somewhere”). For the first component compare etlich, etwas; the second is wo (“where”). A related formation was Middle High German ete(s)wanne, in which the second component is wann (“when”). It yielded modern etwan, which was displaced by the 19th century.
aile: etwaig, in etwa
Das Gebäude ist etwa 30 Meter hoch.
bei Behinderungen, etwa durch Sturmschäden
Etwa AfD-Politikerin Beatrix von Storch twitterte: »Das linke woke Paralleluniversum wackelt.«
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dweh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *dweh₂rós Proto-Indo-Iranian *duHrás Proto-Iranian *duHráh Persian دور Inherited from Proto-Iranian *duHráh (“far”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *duHrás (“far”), from Proto-Indo-European *dweh₂rós, from *dweh₂- + *-rós. Cognate with Central Kurdish دوور (dûr, “far, distant”), Northern Luri دیر (dir), Pashto لرې…