A simplex word consists of a single morpheme that cannot be broken down into smaller segments. While a simplex word is made up of one constituent, a complex word has two or more. A complex word consists of two or more morphemes that can be broken down into smaller parts and usually compose of one or more roots and or affixes. In this case the words that were provided which were forbid, forget, forgive, forgo, and forswear are all complex words. I say this because for-bid and for-give are words that can stand alone and still have their own meaning. For example, the word “for” means to have support or purpose of something or someone and the word “give” means to freely give up or transfer the possession of something to someone. These two words, that have two completely different meanings, stand alone and they both create a word that produces another meaning.

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