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.

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

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1# # # # T H E R M O M E T E R
2# R # Y G O L O H C Y S P B #
3# # E # B I O L O G Y H E A #
4# # # H P A R G A R A P R R #
5# # # # P R # # # # # A I O #
6# A # E H A E # # # # R M M #
7# U # N O U R T # # # G E E M
8# T # O T T # G E # # O T T A
9# O # H O O # E O M # M E E R
10# P # P G M # O # N A S R R G
11# I # E R O # M # # A I # # E
12# L # L A B # E # # # E D # L
13# O # E P I # T # # # S C # E
14# T # T H L # R # # # # # O T
15# # # # Y E # Y G E O L O G Y
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  66s
AUTOPILOT  26s
BAROMETER  142s
BIOLOGY  53e
DIAMETER  1211nw
GEOLOGY  915e
GEOMETRY  88s
OCEANOGRAPHER  88nw
PARAGRAPH  124w
PERIMETER  132s
PHOTOGRAPHY  55s
PSYCHOLOGY  132w
SEISMOGRAPH  1212n
TELEGRAM  1514n
TELEPHONE  414n
THERMOMETER  51e