Eighty-six is 'a puteca, the shop. The word descends from Latin apotheca, a storehouse, which came from Greek and also gave English apothecary and boutique.
Sicily has a putìa on the same square, keeping the same ancient word. The two boards agree here, as they usually do on the plain furniture of a street.
- 86
- 'A puteca
- the shop
- Row 81–90 of the tabellone
Where the figure comes from
Not recorded.
Other things filed on 86
In Neapolitan life
The bottega or puteca was where credit was kept in a ledger and the neighbourhood's business was conducted out loud. It belongs with the fountain at 76 and the balcony at 43 among the board's places where information moved.
86 in the smorfia — frequently asked
From Latin apotheca, a storeroom, itself from Greek. The same root gives boutique and apothecary.
Yes — 'a puteca in Naples, a putìa in Trapani. The plain furniture of a street is where the two lists most often coincide.