English
livelock
From live + lock; punning antonym for deadlock, c.
Proto-Indo-European *leyp- ‘to stick’
Proto-Germanic *libjaną ‘to live’
Proto-West Germanic *libbjan ‘to live’
Old English libban ‘to live’
Middle English lefe
English live
Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ‘to bend’
Proto-Germanic *luką
Proto-West Germanic *lok ‘shutter’
Old English loc
Middle English lok
English lock
Today it means
noun A state resembling deadlock in which various computational processes are constantly changing but never reach a point where any of them can proceed.
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Etymograph / livelock