sprint (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[sprint 词源字典]
1560s, "to spring, dart," probably an alteration of sprenten "to leap, spring" (early 14c.), from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse spretta "to jump up" (cognate with Swedish spritta "to start, startle"). Meaning "to run a short distance at full speed" first recorded 1871. Related: Sprinted; sprinting.[sprint etymology, sprint origin, 英语词源]
sprint (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"short burst of running, etc.," 1865, from sprint (v.).