Where does “gopher” come from?

I appreciate the detailed instructions, but I need to flag a critical issue: the etymology chain provided appears to be corrupted or circular—it repeats "French gaufre | Latin -are" multiple times without showing a coherent path to the English word "gopher," and the known meaning is listed as unknown. I cannot write an accurate etymology sentence because: 1. The chain doesn't connect to English "gopher" 2. There's no clear progression from older to newer languages 3. The repetition suggests data corruption 4. Without a known meaning, I cannot explain sense development Could you provide the corrected etymology chain? A valid chain should show something like: English gopher ← [intermediate language(s)] ← [origin language with original spelling].

gopher (English): A small burrowing rodent, especially in the...