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.

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

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Y
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1# # # # # E N O H P E L E T #
2# R # # # # D I A M E T E R #
3# # E M A R G E L E T H # # #
4# T # H P A R G A R A P # # #
5# H # # P H O T O G R A P H Y
6R E T R S A # # # # # R # # #
7E R O E Y U R # # # # G # # #
8T M L T C T # G E O L O G Y #
9E O I E H O Y E O # # M # # #
10M M P M O M G O # N # S # # #
11I E O O L O O M # # A I # # #
12R T T R O B L E # # # E # # #
13E E U A G I O T # # # S C # #
14P R A B Y L I R # # # # # O #
15# # # # # E B Y # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  66s
AUTOPILOT  314n
BAROMETER  414n
BIOLOGY  715n
DIAMETER  82e
GEOLOGY  88e
GEOMETRY  88s
OCEANOGRAPHER  88nw
PARAGRAPH  124w
PERIMETER  114n
PHOTOGRAPHY  55e
PSYCHOLOGY  55s
SEISMOGRAPH  1212n
TELEGRAM  113w
TELEPHONE  141w
THERMOMETER  24s