köken: From Old French brief, from Latin brevis. A folk etymology derives it as an acronym of Bon, Revenons-En aux Faits, but this is completely inaccurate.
aile: dans les plus brefs délais, en bref
Il lui envoya un bref message de quelques lignes seulement.
at least, anyway, at any rate · right now, now, immediately
eş: tenminste
köken: Univerbation of al thans. Originally, in the 17th century, it meant an emphatic version of “now”, as in “already now”/“by now”, but this meaning is now outdated or archaic.
Dit zou geen probleem moeten zijn - althans, dat hoop ik.
zıt: εν εναντία περιπτώσει, older spelling: ἐν ἐναντίᾳ περιπτώσει
köken: A calque of French en tout cas. Katharevousa set phrase (polytonic spelling: ἐν πάσῃ περιπτώσει) with preposition ἐν (en, “in”), the feminine singular dative πάσῃ (pásēi) of πᾶς (pâs, “everyone”) & περίπτωσις (períptōsis, “encountering”) -modern περίπτωση (períptosi, “case, instance”)-.
howbeit · used for presenting something; here · let alone
eş: ale, a jednak, mimo to, jednak, jednakowoż, atoli
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ōd Proto-Balto-Slavic *ō Proto-Slavic *a Old Polish a Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *lei Proto-Slavic *li Old Polish li univ. Old Polish ali Proto-Indo-European *gʰe Proto-Balto-Slavic *ge Proto-Slavic *že Old Polish -ż Old Polish aliż Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ Proto-Balto-Slavic *tūˀ Proto-Slavic *ty Old Polish ty Old Polish -ć Old…