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

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1# M A R G E L E T # Y # # # #
2# O # # # # # # # # H # # # #
3# # C # # # T O L I P O T U A
4# # S E I S M O G R A P H P #
5# # # # A # # # # # R A Y E T
6# # # # # N # # # # G R G R H
7# # # # # # O # # # O A O I E
8Y R T E M O E G # # T G L M R
9# # # # # # # # R # O R O E M
10E L I B O M O T U A H A I T O
11# Y G O L O H C Y S P P B E M
12# # B A R O M E T E R H # R E
13# # # # D I A M E T E R E # T
14# # T E L E P H O N E # # R E
15# Y G O L O E G # # # # # # R
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  1010w
AUTOPILOT  153w
BAROMETER  312e
BIOLOGY  1311n
DIAMETER  613e
GEOLOGY  815w
GEOMETRY  88w
OCEANOGRAPHER  88se
PARAGRAPH  124s
PERIMETER  144s
PHOTOGRAPHY  1111n
PSYCHOLOGY  1111w
SEISMOGRAPH  44e
TELEGRAM  91w
TELEPHONE  314e
THERMOMETER  155s