Seismology (pronunciation: /saÉªzËmÉlÉdÊi/; from Ancient Greek ÏÎµÎ¹ÏÎ¼ÏÏ (seismÃ³s) meaning earthquake and -Î»Î¿Î³Î¯Î± (-logÃ­a) meaning study of) is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other planet-like bodies.
Last name: Bolduc. This interesting and rare name is of Medieval French origin and is a metonymic occupational name for a maker of ribbon and thread, deriving from the French word 'bolduc' meaning, thin ribbon or thread.
French private soldier, 1914, from French poilu, literally hairy, from poil hair, not of the head, but of beards, animal coats, etc., from Latin pilus (see pile (n.3)). In 19c. French the adjective had a secondary sense of strong, brave, courageous (Balzac).