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.

U F R E T E M O M R E H T H E
O Q R D I A M E T E R O A O N
L P K L T N T X R Z B A C J O
Z H H P A R G O M S I E S L H
G E L I B O M O T U A E M I P
R E T E M I R E P N S U F L E
H H Y V V P B I O L O G Y T L
P L R K Q W P G E O L O G Y E
A A T N E X R M A R G E L E T
R W E Y Z A U T O P I L O T F
G H M L P H O T O G R A P H Y
A M O H F X D M U Z V M R X W
R Q E A S S P M B M Y L R I Z
A R G B A R O M E T E R U K I
P S Y C H O L O G Y U T T L J
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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 # E
2# # # D I A M E T E R # # O N
3# # # # # # # # # # # # C # O
4# # H P A R G O M S I E S # H
5# E L I B O M O T U A # # # P
6R E T E M I R E P N # # # # E
7H # Y # # # B I O L O G Y # L
8P # R # # # # G E O L O G Y E
9A # T # # # R M A R G E L E T
10R # E # # A U T O P I L O T #
11G # M # P H O T O G R A P H Y
12A # O H # # # # # # # # # # #
13R # E # # # # # # # # # # # #
14A R G B A R O M E T E R # # #
15P S Y C H O L O G Y # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  115w
AUTOPILOT  610e
BAROMETER  414e
BIOLOGY  77e
DIAMETER  52e
GEOLOGY  88e
GEOMETRY  314n
OCEANOGRAPHER  88sw
PARAGRAPH  115n
PERIMETER  96w
PHOTOGRAPHY  511e
PSYCHOLOGY  115e
SEISMOGRAPH  124w
TELEGRAM  159w
TELEPHONE  159n
THERMOMETER  131w