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.

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

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Y
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1# Y # # Y R E T E M I R E P #
2# R # # H # # Y # # # # # O #
3R T # # P # # G # # # # C # M
4E E H P A R G O M S I E S A T
5T M # A R # # L # # A # R # H
6E O B R G # # O # N # G # # E
7M E I A O # # E O # E # # # R
8O G O G T # # G # L # # # # M
9R # L R O # R # E # # # # # O
10A # O A H A U T O P I L O T M
11B # G P P S Y C H O L O G Y E
12# # Y H # # E N O H P E L E T
13# # E R E T E M A I D # # # E
14# R A U T O M O B I L E # # R
15# # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  314e
AUTOPILOT  610e
BAROMETER  111n
BIOLOGY  36s
DIAMETER  1013w
GEOLOGY  88n
GEOMETRY  28n
OCEANOGRAPHER  88sw
PARAGRAPH  44s
PERIMETER  141w
PHOTOGRAPHY  511n
PSYCHOLOGY  511e
SEISMOGRAPH  124w
TELEGRAM  810ne
TELEPHONE  1512w
THERMOMETER  154s