The story
- Afrikaans · borrowed frommoffie
- English todaymoffie
Probably borrowed from Afrikaans moffie (from mofskaap, a Merino sheep), or possibly derived from mophrodite (a slang variant of hermaphrodite). Other theories derive it from Afrikaans moffie (“mitten”) or from English mauve but are considered tenuous and far-fetched.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.