They claim he was Latino...probably spoke fluent Latin, I guess?
I think "Latino" was coined by the Emperor Maximillian, when he referred to the countries of Mexico and the others further South as being "Latin America", just something I heard in Spanish class years ago. I don't know if it's true - so it's "Hearsay". If Zimmeran can speak Spanish, his acquisition of French would be facilitated as French is one of the seven Romantic languages. But there would be little romantic about getting slapped everytime he misunderstood a command in French, during Foreign Legion boot camp. Where else could he go? If acquited, he must join the Foregn Legion if he does not want to be assasinated...