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.

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

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1# # # # # A U T O M O B I L E
2# R # # # # # Y G O L O I B #
3# P E R I M E T E R # H # # #
4# # M H P A R G A R A P # # #
5# # A # P H O T O G R A P H Y
6B # R # S A # # # # # R # # #
7A E G # Y # R # # # # G # # R
8R N E # C # # G E O L O G Y E
9O O L # H # # # O # # M # # T
10M H E # O # # # # N # S # # E
11E P T O L I P O T U A I # # M
12T E # # O # # # # # # E # # A
13E L # # G # # # # # # S C # I
14R E # # Y G E O M E T R Y O D
15# T H E R M O M E T E R # # #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  61e
AUTOPILOT  1111w
BAROMETER  16s
BIOLOGY  142w
DIAMETER  1513n
GEOLOGY  88e
GEOMETRY  614e
OCEANOGRAPHER  88nw
PARAGRAPH  124w
PERIMETER  23e
PHOTOGRAPHY  55e
PSYCHOLOGY  55s
SEISMOGRAPH  1212n
TELEGRAM  311n
TELEPHONE  215n
THERMOMETER  215e