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.

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

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1# P S Y C H O L O G Y # # # B
2# O # R E T E M A I D # # R A
3# # C # G E O L O G Y # # E R
4# # S E I S M O G R A P H T O
5# # # # A U T O M O B I L E M
6# # # # # N T E L E G R A M E
7# # # # # # O E # # # # # O T
8Y R T E M O E G L # # # # M E
9# # # # # # # # R E # # # R R
10# T O L I P O T U A P # # E #
11Y H P A R G O T O H P H # H #
12# # # # # # # # # # # H O T #
13# # # # Y G O L O I B # E N #
14# # # # R E T E M I R E P R E
15# # H P A R G A R A P # # # #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  55e
AUTOPILOT  1010w
BAROMETER  151s
BIOLOGY  1113w
DIAMETER  102w
GEOLOGY  53e
GEOMETRY  88w
OCEANOGRAPHER  88se
PARAGRAPH  1115w
PERIMETER  1314w
PHOTOGRAPHY  1111w
PSYCHOLOGY  21e
SEISMOGRAPH  44e
TELEGRAM  76e
TELEPHONE  76se
THERMOMETER  1412n