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

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1# # # R E T E M O M R E H T #
2# # # # E E # # # # # # E R #
3B P # H L L # # # # # L E # #
4A E # P I E # # # # E H # # #
5R R # A B G # # # P P # # Y #
6O I # R O R E # H A H # B R H
7M M # G M A # O R # O # I T P
8E E # O O M N G L # T # O E A
9T T # M T E O # # O O # L M R
10E E # S U N # # # # G # O O G
11R R D I A M E T E R R Y G E A
12# # # E # # # # # # A # Y G R
13# # C S # # T O L I P O T U A
14# O # # # Y G O L O H C Y S P
15# # # # # # # # # # Y # # # #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  511n
AUTOPILOT  1513w
BAROMETER  13s
BIOLOGY  136s
DIAMETER  411e
GEOLOGY  65se
GEOMETRY  1412n
OCEANOGRAPHER  88ne
PARAGRAPH  1514n
PERIMETER  23s
PHOTOGRAPHY  115s
PSYCHOLOGY  1514w
SEISMOGRAPH  412n
TELEGRAM  61s
TELEPHONE  141sw
THERMOMETER  141w