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Etymology by itself is not going to be useful. As one more flashcard, another pillar, additional context, they will to deepen your understanding. It is creating more inter-connections between your neurons.

> I've even considered using it to learn tools like Blender so I can dial in workflows.

I've used it effectively for vim and photoshop.

I'm familiar with that problem, and overcame it by really working at making good cards. Today, I have 6000 cards in my collection, and daily reviews take 15-20 minutes; usually 100-120 cards. (I have been using Anki for a lost time. My collection is almost 10 years old.)

Granted, writing good cards is easy to say and really hard to do. Some specific pointers:

- cards should take less than 10 seconds to answer

- most questions should be 7 words or so

- if your question has multiple clauses, split those up into separate cards

- cloze deletions are great, consider multiple clozes per card

- around 10% of your cards should have images

- good images help a lot, mediocre images make it worse -- when in doubt, don't

- Answer this Question cards should have an opposite Question for this Answer like Jeopardy