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.

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

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1# # # # P E R I M E T E R # #
2# R # # B A R O M E T E R # #
3# # E # A U T O P I L O T # #
4# # M H # # # D I A M E T E R
5T # A P P S Y C H O L O G Y #
6H # R A H A U T O M O B I L E
7E # G R O # R # Y G O L O E G
8R # E G T # # G E O M E T R Y
9M # L A O # # # O # # # # # #
10O # E R G # # # # N # # # # #
11M # T A R # # # # # A # # # #
12E # H P A R G O M S I E S # #
13T E L E P H O N E # # # C # #
14E # # # H # # # # # # # # O #
15R # # # Y G O L O I B # # # #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  66e
AUTOPILOT  53e
BAROMETER  52e
BIOLOGY  1115w
DIAMETER  94e
GEOLOGY  157w
GEOMETRY  88e
OCEANOGRAPHER  88nw
PARAGRAPH  412n
PERIMETER  51e
PHOTOGRAPHY  55s
PSYCHOLOGY  55e
SEISMOGRAPH  1212w
TELEGRAM  311n
TELEPHONE  113e
THERMOMETER  15s