"people," 1966, computer-programmer jargon, from live (adj.) + ending abstracted from software, etc. Compare old nautical slang live lumber "landsmen on board a ship" (1785).
Liverpool
liverwort
liverwurst
livery
livestock
liveware
livid
lividity
living
living room
livingness
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