English derivatives from Latin

Latin is now seen as a dead language, and English as one of the most widely spoken ones. But the amount of English language derived from Latin, would make me reconsider as to whether Latin is actually a dead language, or whether it just became outdated, thus found its way into the modern worlds most known language.

Some example of English language that have been derived from Latin are;

• Villa, which the defintion has stayed the same throughout time.
• Pirata, which means pirate is still used and its definition has stayed the same.
• Schola, which has changed to school, has kept the same definition.
• Figura, which has changed to figure, has once again, kept the same definition.

http://www.jstor.org/stable/3287163?seq=2#page_scan_tab_contents

This link explains the theory behind why Latin is a dead language, but also explains a lot of English derivatives. Its not an article, more a statement of findings, so it has a lot of content, although it does clearly state the derivatives.