linguistics vs etymologize

linguistics is a noun but etymologize is not a noun.

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

linguistics (noun)	etymologize (noun)
the scientific study of language
the humanistic study of language and literature

linguistics (verb)	etymologize (verb)
	construct the history of words
	give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word)