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.

C A B Q Y V L K S C I L C C Y
L R E T E M I R E P P G N O G
X T M H G W B O E T E L C X O
Z F H P A R G O M S I E S V L
N E L I B O M O T U A B V B O
P A R A G R A P H N M H Y Y I
S T B J L U I M O S X L W Z B
Y Y G O L O E G E O M E T R Y
C R I F F K R T E L E G R A M
H K D H B A U T O P I L O T Q
O M N V P H O T O G R A P H Y
L H C H B F R E T E M O R A B
O L E J L R E T E M A I D A W
G R E N O H P E L E T X Q H R
Y R E T E M O M R E H T C X N
Brought to you by WordSearchFun.com



Answer Key for Words With Greek Origins

X
Y
123456789101112131415
1# # # # # # # # # # # # # # Y
2# R E T E M I R E P # # # O G
3# # # # # # # # # # # # C # O
4# # H P A R G O M S I E S # L
5# E L I B O M O T U A # # # O
6P A R A G R A P H N # # # # I
7S # # # # # # # O # # # # # B
8Y Y G O L O E G E O M E T R Y
9C # # # # # R T E L E G R A M
10H # # # # A U T O P I L O T #
11O # # # P H O T O G R A P H Y
12L # # H # # R E T E M O R A B
13O # E # # R E T E M A I D # #
14G R E N O H P E L E T # # # #
15Y R E T E M O M R E H T # # #
Word X Y Direction
AUTOMOBILE  115w
AUTOPILOT  610e
BAROMETER  1512w
BIOLOGY  157n
DIAMETER  1213w
GEOLOGY  88w
GEOMETRY  88e
OCEANOGRAPHER  88sw
PARAGRAPH  16e
PERIMETER  102w
PHOTOGRAPHY  511e
PSYCHOLOGY  16s
SEISMOGRAPH  124w
TELEGRAM  89e
TELEPHONE  1114w
THERMOMETER  1215w