NewLatin proposal

To say it straightly, I think that Latin language could be revived and used as a common written language for the documents of the European Union and as a common lingua franca troughout Europe. In fact, Latin had this role for about 2000 years and latin words are present in all European languages, not only the neolatin ones. It could also be considered a culturally neutral language, where any other language would carry heavy national features.

However, classical Latin lacks the words we need to express concepts that did not exist at that time. My proposal about this problem is quite simple and probably not so original: I think we should create new Latin words, starting with nowadays words in neolatin languages and tracking them back to a virtual Latin origin.

Some other people proposes instead to form new words putting classical words togheter, but I don't think this is very practical. As an example, an airplane can be considered as a flying ship, so the composed word would be a third declension name like navis qui volat (accusative: navem qui volat, plural: naves quae volant, etc.). Well, I don't like it, because Latin would become heavy and more complex.
For this same word

1. I would take Italian/Spanish/French words for airplane: aereo/avion/avion
2. I would choose what looks better, in this case perhaps avion, which is similar to big bird (avis)
3. I would track back to a virtual Latin origin, that becomes the New Latin word: avion, avionis of 3th declension (or perhaps avionis, avionis)

What follows is simply an example of what can be done...

Current words Italian/French Spanish/English	NewLatin word	Examples	Comments
Transport
aeroplano/avion avion/airplane	avion, avionis (3 m.)	Aviones in caelo volant Airplanes fly in the sky	Avion looks similar to avis (bird), a big bird, and we can actually think airplanes as very big mechanical birds, so this word springs quite naturally.
Hostess/hostess hostess/hostess	voladiuvantrix, -icis (3 f.)	Saepe voladiuvantrices pulchrae sunt Hostesses are often beautiful	In this case current words are useless, because hostes means enemies in Latin. I composed this word thinking to the extended definition of "flight assistant", so I mixed volatus (flight) with adiuvo (I assist). Sorry for the past deifnition but I used an online English-Latin dictionary, only to discover that it was a shame.
Steward/steward steward/steward	voldiuvans, -antis (3 m.)	Multos voladiuvantes vidi I've seen many stewards	The same as hostess, but with no feminine ending.
Motore/moteur motor/motor	motor, -oris (3 m.)	Magnum motorem habet It has a big motor	To move is moveo but the ending -or is often used for tools, so something that moves itself can be a motor, considering also that this is the current word in many languages.
Pilota/- -/pilot	ductor, -oris (3 m.)	Credo ductorem peritum esse I think the pilot is skilled	This is already a Latin word! I think this is the best to designate an airplane or car pilot.
Comandante/- -/commander	gubernator, -oris (3 m.)	gubernatorem vidi I've seen the commander	This is already a Latin word! I think this is the best to designate the commander of an airplane crew.

 
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