besprinkle (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
mid-15c., from be- + sprinkle (v.). Related: Besprinkled; besprinkling.
sprinkle (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
late 14c. (implied in sprinkled), frequentative of sprenge (see spring (v.)) or via Middle Dutch, Middle Low German sprenkel "spot, speck," from PIE root *(s)preg- "to jerk, scatter" (cognates: Latin spargere "to scatter, sprinkle"). The meaning "rain lightly" is first recorded 1778.
sprinkler (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1530s, agent noun from sprinkle (v.).
sprinkling (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
mid-15c., "act of sprinkling," verbal noun from sprinkle (v.). Meaning "small amount" is from 1590s.