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.

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

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1# B A R O M E T E R # # # # #
2# # # P S Y C H O L O G Y R #
3# E # E # # # # # # R # E G #
4T # L R Y # # # # E # H # E #
5E E # I # G # # T # P P # O #
6N # L M B # O E # A H A # M #
7O # # E # O M L R # O R # E A
8H # # T G O M G O # T G # T U
9P # # E M R O O # E O A # R T
10E # # R # N A # T # G R # Y O
11L # E # A # # M # U R A # # P
12E H S E I S M O G R A P H # I
13T # C # # # # # # # P # # # L
14# O # Y G O L O I B H # # # O
15# R E T E M A I D # Y # # # T
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  1112nw
AUTOPILOT  157s
BAROMETER  21e
BIOLOGY  1014w
DIAMETER  815w
GEOLOGY  1110nw
GEOMETRY  143s
OCEANOGRAPHER  88ne
PARAGRAPH  1212n
PERIMETER  42s
PHOTOGRAPHY  115s
PSYCHOLOGY  42e
SEISMOGRAPH  412e
TELEGRAM  14se
TELEPHONE  113n
THERMOMETER  113ne