Origin of Latin words

by LaronX

A lot of our words today have origins or roots in Latin. Is there any other language Latin drew from and if so how did we find out?

bonescape

This really is a question for r/asklinguistics really. But Latin itself is based on a proto-language called Indo-European.
I found a whole family tree where you can see the position of Latin in relation to other languages. Im not a linguistics expert, so i don't know how credible this portrayal is. I'd greet it with criticism, since the suggested unity of this proto-language doesn't seem realistic to me.