English
liveware
From live + -ware (after software, hardware).
Formed from live + -ware
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
Today it means
noun People who work with computers, as opposed to the software or hardware they use; loosely, human beings, as opposed to technology.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / liveware