I think some sort of grounding in Latin is essential if one is to have any kind of understanding of the structure and origins of one's own, or indeed several other ( French,Spanish,Italian ) language /s .I can still remember being drilled, at age 11 ( 1958,Midhurst Grammar School )in the etymology of words such as 'agriculture', 'belligerent', and 'association'. Not that it did me a huge amount of good, although when a 'Nil Desperandum' situation arises, I prefer to use 'Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem' , if only because it is much longer !!