etymologize vs reconstruct

etymologize and reconstruct both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
etymologize	No	No	Yes	No
reconstruct	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, reconstruct is a hypernym of etymologize; that is, reconstruct is a word with a broader meaning than etymologize:

Other hypernyms of etymologize include construct, retrace.

etymologize (verb)	reconstruct (verb)
construct the history of words	do over, as of (part of) a house
give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word)	cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically
	reassemble mentally
	build again
	return to its original or usable and functioning condition