来自中古荷兰语 sprayen,喷洒,喷射,来自 Proto-Germanic*sprewjan,散开,展开,来自 PIE*sper, 播洒,播种,展开,词源同 spark,spread. spray can 喷雾罐
英文词源
spray (v.)
"sprinkle liquid in drops," 1520s, from Middle Dutch sprayen, from Proto-Germanic *sprewjan (cognates: German sprühen "to sparkle, drizzle," Spreu "chaff," literally "that which flies about"), from extended form of PIE root *sper- (4) "to sow, scatter" (see sprout (v.)). Related: Sprayed; spraying.
spray (n.1)
"small branch," mid-13c., of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Old English spræc "shoot, twig" (see sprig), and compare Danish sprag in same sense.