Spritz
/sprɪts/noun
A quick squirt or spray of liquid; also, a drink made with wine and soda or sparkling water.
Did you know?Spritz is borrowed from German spritzen, a vivid verb for spraying or splashing, and it ultimately belongs to the same ancient Indo-European root that gave English words like sprinkle and sprout.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sperǵ-
“to scatter, strew, or splash”
Old High German
OHG
spritzōn
“to spurt or splash”
Middle High German
MHG
spritzen
“to squirt, spurt, or spray”
19th Century
German
Spritz
“a squirt or spray; later a drink mixed with wine and soda”
19th Century
English
spritz
“a small spray or squirt of liquid”
Modern English
English
spritz
“a quick spray or a wine-and-soda drink”