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.

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

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1# # # # # # P E R I M E T E R
2# # P S Y C H O L O G Y # R #
3# # # H M # # # # # # # E # E
4# # # P A R A G R A P H # N #
5Y H P A R G O T O H P # O # #
6# # # R G # # # # A # H # # A
7B # # G E # # # R # P # # # U
8I Y G O L O E G # E # # # # T
9O # # M E # O # L # # # # # O
10L # # S T N # E # # # # # # P
11O # # I A U T O M O B I L E I
12G T H E R M O M E T E R # # L
13Y # C S Y R T E M O E G # # O
14# O # # # R E T E M O R A B T
15# # # # D I A M E T E R # # #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  511e
AUTOPILOT  156s
BAROMETER  1414w
BIOLOGY  17s
DIAMETER  615e
GEOLOGY  88w
GEOMETRY  1213w
OCEANOGRAPHER  88ne
PARAGRAPH  44e
PERIMETER  71e
PHOTOGRAPHY  115w
PSYCHOLOGY  32e
SEISMOGRAPH  412n
TELEGRAM  510n
TELEPHONE  711ne
THERMOMETER  212e