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.

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

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1# # P # Y # # Y # # # # # # T
2# Y E # H T # R # # # # # O E
3P G R # P O R T # # # S C # L
4A O I # A L E E # # # E # # E
5R L M B R I T M # # A I # # G
6A O E I G P E O # N U S # # R
7G H T O O O M E O # T M E D A
8R C E L T T O G # # O O N I M
9A Y R O O U R E # # M G O A #
10P S # G H A A O # # O R H M #
11H P # Y P # B L # # B A P E #
12# # # H # # # O # # I P E T #
13# # E # # # # G # # L H L E #
14# R # # # # # Y # # E # E R #
15# # # # T H E R M O M E T E R
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  115s
AUTOPILOT  610n
BAROMETER  711n
BIOLOGY  45s
DIAMETER  148s
GEOLOGY  88s
GEOMETRY  88n
OCEANOGRAPHER  88sw
PARAGRAPH  13s
PERIMETER  31s
PHOTOGRAPHY  511n
PSYCHOLOGY  211n
SEISMOGRAPH  124s
TELEGRAM  151s
TELEPHONE  1315n
THERMOMETER  515e