Words With Greek Origins

AUTOMOBILE
AUTOPILOT
BAROMETER
BIOLOGY
DIAMETER
GEOLOGY
GEOMETRY
OCEANOGRAPHER
PARAGRAPH
PERIMETER
PHOTOGRAPHY
PSYCHOLOGY
SEISMOGRAPH
TELEGRAM
TELEPHONE
THERMOMETER

Many words in the English language actually come from other languages. These words all contain the Greek roots graph (to write), meter (to measure), logy (to study), auto (self), tele (far).

Try to find all 16 words on this board.

T D I A M E T E R T Y A E Q G
E O V T T L M Y Z J H J N R W
L B C H P Q U G D A P R O B Z
E O S E I S M O G R A P H C R
G S B R A J P L R H R A P X E
R P I M U N T O C R G R E L T
A S U O T Z O E A L O A L N E
M Y M M O Y L G T U T G E G M
D C C E M G I E R Y O R T V I
N H P T O O P O C A H A G Q R
C O Z E B L O M O B P P U B E
Q L M R I O T E V B F H E A P
A O U E L I U T K H W S E R S
Y G B O E B A R O M E T E R A
T Y Z Y R O M Y Z G S X V O W
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Answer Key for Words With Greek Origins

X
Y
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1T D I A M E T E R # Y # E # #
2E O # T # # # Y # # H # N # #
3L # C H # # # G # # P # O # #
4E # S E I S M O G R A P H # R
5G # # R A # # L # # R A P # E
6R P # M U N T O # # G R E # T
7A S # O T # O E # # O A L # E
8M Y # M O Y L G # # T G E # M
9# C # E M G I E R # O R T # I
10# H # T O O P O # A H A # # R
11# O # E B L O M # # P P # # E
12# L # R I O T E # # # H # # P
13# O # # L I U T # # # # E # #
14# G # # E B A R O M E T E R #
15# Y # # # # # Y # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  55s
AUTOPILOT  714n
BAROMETER  614e
BIOLOGY  614n
DIAMETER  11e
GEOLOGY  88n
GEOMETRY  88s
OCEANOGRAPHER  88se
PARAGRAPH  124s
PERIMETER  1512n
PHOTOGRAPHY  1111n
PSYCHOLOGY  26s
SEISMOGRAPH  44e
TELEGRAM  11s
TELEPHONE  139n
THERMOMETER  42s