Russian word for "cognate"

[Clive Porter]

> In British English during the Second World War, the term "collaborator"
> acquired the meaning of "Non-German person who helped the Nazis". It
> is gradually losing that negative connotation, but is still regarded with
> suspicion by some members of the older generation.

I think too that it is best to avoid the use of the word collaborator -
I would certainly not use it in French  - I have a feeling that if one
were to call a frenchman a collaborateur, a rather nasty response
should not be ruled out.

Clive
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