Tarnicus: I also like the Germanic roots of some of the English language, and love to find links between English words and other languages. English really is such a bastardised language! It must be a confusing one for those who aren't native speakers to pick up all of its nuances and mixed meanings. I regret not paying more attention to Latin in school as I thought it a dead language - how wrong I was! Maybe some day I will study Latin and Ancient Greek a bit :) Our school song was in Latin, and I can still remember that word for word, even though at the time I thought it was such a wank to sing.
requested: Those links between languages are interesting. It's kinda nice to find out where some expressions originate. There are many common german words or phrases originating from english, but also french, hebrew or yiddish words.
As for Latin, I don't think it's particularly useful unless you plan to learn other romanic languages. I wish I paid more attention too, but I don't think you need to study latin to benefit from it.