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.

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

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1# # # R E T E M O R A B # # B
2# R # # P S Y C H O L O G Y I
3# # E # # # # # # # # H # # O
4T # # H P A R G A R A P R # L
5H # # # P # # # # # # A E T O
6E # G # H A # # # # # R T O G
7R # E M O U R # # # # G E L Y
8M R O A T T # G # # # O M I #
9O E M R O O # E O # # M I P #
10M T E G G M # O # N # S R O #
11E E T E R O # L # # A I E T #
12T M R L A B # O # # # E P U #
13E A Y E P I # G # # # S C A #
14R I # T H L # Y # # # # # O #
15# D # # Y E N O H P E L E T #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  66s
AUTOPILOT  1413n
BAROMETER  121w
BIOLOGY  151s
DIAMETER  214n
GEOLOGY  88s
GEOMETRY  36s
OCEANOGRAPHER  88nw
PARAGRAPH  124w
PERIMETER  1312n
PHOTOGRAPHY  55s
PSYCHOLOGY  52e
SEISMOGRAPH  1212n
TELEGRAM  414n
TELEPHONE  1415w
THERMOMETER  14s