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

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1T H E R M O M E T E R # # # #
2# # R E T E M A I D # # # R #
3M A R G E L E T # # # # E # #
4R E T E M O R A B # # H # # T
5# Y G O L O H C Y S P P # # E
6E L I B O M O T U A H A # # L
7G E O L O G Y # R # O R # # E
8Y R T E M O E G # # T G # # P
9G T O L I P O T U A O A # # H
10O # # # # N # # # # G R # # O
11L # # # A # # # # # R A # # N
12O # S E I S M O G R A P H # E
13I # C # # # # # # # P # # # #
14B O # # # # # # # # H # # # #
15# R E T E M I R E P Y # # # #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  106w
AUTOPILOT  109w
BAROMETER  94w
BIOLOGY  114n
DIAMETER  92w
GEOLOGY  17e
GEOMETRY  88w
OCEANOGRAPHER  88ne
PARAGRAPH  1212n
PERIMETER  1015w
PHOTOGRAPHY  115s
PSYCHOLOGY  115w
SEISMOGRAPH  412e
TELEGRAM  83w
TELEPHONE  154s
THERMOMETER  11e