Er... no.Latin isn't an older form of English. It's more like Anglo-Saxon/English.
IIRC, modern english is so heavily influenced by other languages, in particular Danish and Normannic French (itself influenced by the scandinavian languages), that it is not really that closely related to Anglo-Saxon as one might think.
Yes I am aware that English has been influenced by other languages,
It is not, however, a descendent of Latin, which is a whole other branch of Indo-European.
It does have a lot of Latin vocabulary, mainly via French (which IS a descendent of Latin), but it is definitely not a form of Latin. What it is is Anglo-Saxon + some Norse influence on the grammar + lots of French words + general linguistic evolution.
Whereas Low Gothic is supposed to be "modern" High Gothic. So the relationship between Italian and Latin.
Edited by bogi_khaosa