1917, from Yiddish or directly from German spritzen "to squirt," from Middle High German sprützen "to squirt, sprout," from Proto-Germanic *sprut- (see sprout (v.)). Spritzer "glass of wine mixed with carbonated water" is from 1961.
spritz water on a surface
sprinkling
sprint
sprinter
sprit
sprite
spritz
sprocket
sprout
spruce
sprucify
sprue
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