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: Via Volga Turki, a calque of Chagatai توغرىسىندە (tuğrïsïnda) / توغرىسىدە (tuğrïsïda, “about”). Compare postpositions with identical meanings in other Turkic languages: Tatar турында (turında), Kazakh туралы (turaly), Kyrgyz тууралуу (tuuraluu).
Мөхәббәт тураһында йыр.
Был хәл тураһында район гәзитендә мәҡәлә яҙып сығарҙылар инде.
köken: Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yaguk (“close”), equivalent to an unattested ҫывӑ (śyvă, "to come close") + -к (-k). Cognate with Turkish yavuklu (“fiancee”).
near, close, nearby · almost (very close to), nearly
köken: Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ad prope, composed of ad (“to, at”) + prope (“near”). Compare Aromanian aproapea.
Etimoloji
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Latin circiter From circus (“circle, ring”) + -ter.