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

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1# # D I A M E T E R # # # # #
2# R R E T E M I R E P # # # #
3T # E # # T E L E P H O N E #
4H # # H # # # # Y G O L O I B
5E R G P P S Y C H O L O G Y #
6R E E A H A U T O M O B I L E
7M T O R O A R # # # # # # # #
8O E L G T # U G E O M E T R Y
9M M O A O # # T O # # # # # #
10E O G R G # # # O N # # # # #
11T R Y A R # # # # P A # # # #
12E A H P A R G O M S I E S # #
13R B # # P # # # # # # L C # #
14# # # # H # # # # # # # O O #
15# # # # Y # M A R G E L E T #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  66e
AUTOPILOT  67se
BAROMETER  213n
BIOLOGY  154w
DIAMETER  41e
GEOLOGY  35s
GEOMETRY  88e
OCEANOGRAPHER  88nw
PARAGRAPH  412n
PERIMETER  112w
PHOTOGRAPHY  55s
PSYCHOLOGY  55e
SEISMOGRAPH  1212w
TELEGRAM  1415w
TELEPHONE  63e
THERMOMETER  13s