'serviceberry' originates from English, specifically the word 'service' (possibly from 'sarvis', a dialectal variant), and 'berry', where 'service' referred to the tree and 'berry' to its fruit.

'Serviceberry' changed from the dialectal English word 'sarvisberry' and eventually became the modern English word 'serviceberry'.

Initially, it meant 'the berry of the service tree', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'the tree or shrub and its edible fruit'.