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.

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

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1# # # # H P A R G A R A P # #
2# # # # B I O L O G Y # # R P
3# # # P E R I M E T E R E # S
4# # # D I A M E T E R H # # Y
5Y H P A R G O T O H P # # # C
6# T O L I P O T U A # # # # H
7# E R E T E M O R A B # # # O
8# L # N # # # G E O L O G Y L
9# E # O # # O # # # # # # # O
10# G # H # N # Y R T E M O E G
11# R # P A U T O M O B I L E Y
12# A S E I S M O G R A P H # #
13# M C L # # # # # # # # # # #
14# O # E # # # # # # # # # # #
15# R E T E M O M R E H T # # #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  511e
AUTOPILOT  106w
BAROMETER  117w
BIOLOGY  52e
DIAMETER  54e
GEOLOGY  88e
GEOMETRY  1510w
OCEANOGRAPHER  88ne
PARAGRAPH  131w
PERIMETER  43e
PHOTOGRAPHY  115w
PSYCHOLOGY  152s
SEISMOGRAPH  412e
TELEGRAM  26s
TELEPHONE  415n
THERMOMETER  1215w