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.

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

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Y
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1Y # # # B A R O M E T E R # #
2R # P # E # # # # # # # R R #
3T # S H L # # # # # # # E # #
4E # Y P I # # H T # # H T T Y
5M # C A B # # P H # P D E E G
6O # H R O # # A E A H I M L O
7E # O G M # # R R U O A I E L
8G # L O O # # G M T T M R G O
9E # O M T # O A O O O E E R I
10O # G S U N # R M P G T P A B
11L # Y I A # # A E I R E # M #
12O # # E # # # P T L A R # # #
13G # C S # # # # E O P # # # #
14Y O # # # # # # R T H # # # #
15# T E L E P H O N E Y # # # #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  511n
AUTOPILOT  106s
BAROMETER  51e
BIOLOGY  1510n
DIAMETER  126s
GEOLOGY  18s
GEOMETRY  18n
OCEANOGRAPHER  88ne
PARAGRAPH  812n
PERIMETER  1310n
PHOTOGRAPHY  115s
PSYCHOLOGY  32s
SEISMOGRAPH  412n
TELEGRAM  144s
TELEPHONE  215e
THERMOMETER  94s