As have I, although without much reason.
I've regressed on this matter, partially due to an illness compromising my will. Also I have reason as I'm very much so a master of none, which the internet permits if it doesn't encourage.
I've been delighted to learn that Latin also exposes a great deal of choice. I can choose between active and passive voice, of course, but I can also choose between, say, "apud accusative" and "cum ablative" for a preposition indicating others, and the declensions and prepositions provide so many different ways to mean the same thing. [...] Continuing with Latin has continued improving mine English. I now believe I know the etymology of absent, being derived from absunt, being the opposite of adsunt, meaning h\u012bc sunt, meaning multiple entities being present. The word exit is Latin. We get voluntary from volunt, being the plural of vult. I'm building new associations, rather than learning an entirely new language. Latin is fun.
I find it interesting that the expressive power of Latin is contained in the grammar specifically. I recall reading that Latin speakers, and Romans in particular were far from eager to coin neologisms (unlike say the Greeks and the English), and this was part of what made Cicero so remarkable. Anyway it's not everyday you hear of a happy verisimilitude, and I am extremely interested in following your footsteps here. I very much so agree with the statement that ``to know something fully is to know its history.'' I'll try to begin my journey in this direction soon (see the last paragraph).
Word creation is explicitly allowed, if only due to the reality of an incomplete dictionary, merely managed. They would be tied to the works using them; ideally, sharing them wouldn't be worthwhile.
I was imagining an instant messenger with auxiliary dictionaries for ebonics etc. to improve efficiency, and some sort of convoluted merging mechanism to resolve addressing into multiple auxiliary dictionaries leading to their proliferation. (i.e. a manner to abuse the system against its spirit) If the demented wanted to do this I suppose they would need to distribute a new main dictionary, which is elegant. This is also the best you can do I think since they could always use a different encoding if the programmers thought themselves over-constrained.
My Latin courses didn't teach as well as the book series I'm reading, LINGVA LATINA PER SE ILLVSTRATA, and I'm inclined to believe a classroom with limited time is a poor way to learn a language; I take my time now, to real results and useful understanding.
I have some familiarity with Latin classes, and even the mentioned book. My classes were immersion based with little engagement with grammar and no explicit memorization of paradigms. It was also very irregular with even the Lingva Latina not being assigned but only photo-copied and read from on occasion. This was ill suited to the way my brain works. Still I should have taken what I needed instead of waiting for someone to give it to me, and I'm largely to blame for my lack of Latin today.
Despite having largely recovered I'm taking off next semester due to my illness. I'm going to dedicate this time entirely to the review of mathematics, and study of philology (I also have some chores like taking the GRE etc.); although, I haven't yet decided between the German and Latin traditions. I'm leaning towards the former truthfully, simply because this is the approach Henry Sweet takes, and there are certain authors i would like to read in Modern German. However Germanic languages old and new seem strictly less expressive than Latin, and likely have fewer of the etymological powers which you mention. I'll need to give it more consideration. I have resources prepared on these subjects, and my semester ends this week. So I should begin Monday without issue.
I waste most of my time, and merely avoid wasting all of it.
Poinclaré would have you believe this is optimal, and he might be right.