A simplex word is a word that cannot be broken down any further. They can stand alone and cannot be broken down into more words with their own meanings. A complex word is a word that can be broken down into two or more meaningful constituents. When looking at these words, forbid, forget, forgive, forgo, and forswear, they are all complex words. Each word can be broken apart into two different words. Each word can stand alone. Each word when broken apart has a meaning that can then be used in the complex word. I also believe these words may be systemically related, but I am still a little unsure. I believe the “for” in each of these words has a similar enough meaning to be considered systemically related, but I may be misunderstanding.

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