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 *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Latin circiter From circus (“circle, ring”) + -ter.