Quote Originally Posted by Kirsten View Post
Well, what I find really interesting is that you find so many words in various languages that derivates from Latin. Of course there's a lot of it in Italian, Spanish and French, but you can also find a lot of it in the German or the English language. I find things like that very interesting.
So do I!! I'm a retired nurse, and there is so much of Latin in medical terminology. I wondered about the German. I took German, 2 years, in high school. Can't speak it, but for a few phrases - Wie geht's? - but am amazed at what I remember when hearing it spoken in a movie, for instance.