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Uncertain. Perhaps derived from Romance. Compare Frenchaffiner or Italianaffinare, both meaning "to refine", perhaps with a semantic shift of refined -> refined hairstyle.
^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “ofina”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN
Further reading
ofina in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
ofina in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
