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Possibly an African borrowing;[2] see Kimbundufalofa,[3] referencing a meal made with flour, oil, water, and peanuts. However some sources argue that the Kimbundu term may have been borrowed from Portuguese instead.
Perhaps from Latinfar(“a type of hulled wheat”) + offa(“chunk; dumpling”).[4]
