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.

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

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1# # # # # # D I A M E T E R #
2# # # Y G O L O I B # # # R #
3# # Y G O L O H C Y S P E # E
4# # # T E L E G R A M H # N G
5Y H P A R G O T O H P # O # E
6# T O L I P O T U A # H # # O
7# # R E T E M I R E P # # # L
8Y R T E M O E G # E # # # # O
9# # # # # # O # L # # # # # G
10# # # # # N # E # # # # # # Y
11# # # # A U T O M O B I L E #
12# # S E I S M O G R A P H # #
13# # C # # # B A R O M E T E R
14# O # P A R A G R A P H # # #
15# R E T E M O M R E H T # # #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  511e
AUTOPILOT  106w
BAROMETER  713e
BIOLOGY  102w
DIAMETER  81e
GEOLOGY  154s
GEOMETRY  88w
OCEANOGRAPHER  88ne
PARAGRAPH  414e
PERIMETER  117w
PHOTOGRAPHY  115w
PSYCHOLOGY  123w
SEISMOGRAPH  412e
TELEGRAM  44e
TELEPHONE  711ne
THERMOMETER  1215w