Is a question about the etymology of a word asking for its origin? Is a question about the origin of a word asking for its etymology?
As I understand it, the origin of a word could be the point from which it starts or sets out; for example, I could reply to a question saying that the word has been first used (in the context given from the question) in 1879. In a question about the etymology of a word, I would expect that the answer reports from which word the asked word derives.