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

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Y
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1T # # E L I B O M O T U A # #
2H # # # # B A R O M E T E R #
3E # # # # # # # # # # # E # #
4R # # D I A M E T E R H # # #
5M Y G O L O H C Y S P P # # G
6O T O L I P O T U A H A # R E
7M E # # # # # # R # O R # E O
8E L # # # # # G # # T G # T M
9T E L E P H O N E # O A # E E
10E G # # # N # # # # G R # M T
11R R # # A # # # # # R A # I R
12# A S E I S M O G R A P H R Y
13# M C # # # # # # # P # # E #
14# O G E O L O G Y # H # # P #
15# # B I O L O G Y # Y # # # #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  131w
AUTOPILOT  106w
BAROMETER  62e
BIOLOGY  315e
DIAMETER  54e
GEOLOGY  314e
GEOMETRY  155s
OCEANOGRAPHER  88ne
PARAGRAPH  1212n
PERIMETER  1414n
PHOTOGRAPHY  115s
PSYCHOLOGY  115w
SEISMOGRAPH  412e
TELEGRAM  26s
TELEPHONE  19e
THERMOMETER  11s