Latin and Spanish I'm thinking about putting my Spanish study on hold for a time until I (hopefully) get a basic grasp on Latin. I have heard/read that understanding Latin is immensely helpful to understanding other languages, especially the romance languages, such as Spanish. Apparently a huge amount of Spanish is derived from Latin. ( I have heard figures as high as 90 percent.) In addition, Latin can help English-speakers increase their vocabulary and give them a better handle on their own native language, which is very important to me, as I would like to write one day. In the meantime, I still plan to pick up a little Spanish here and there as I am able to, and return to it with all my energies once I have a good foundation in Latin. But my free time is very limited, and I don't see how I can realistically do both at the same time. If anyone has studied Latin and has any information on the subject of whether this has helped increase their grasp of other languages, I would be very interested in what you have to say. Thank you!