English

spriting

From sprite + -ing.

Formed from sprite + -ing

Latin spīrō ‘to breathe, draw breath, respire’

Latin spīritus ‘air, breath, breathing’

Old French esprit ‘spirit’

Middle English sprite

Today it means

noun The technique of storing multiple images in a single larger image so that they load more quickly into a web page.

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Etymograph / spriting